Exam 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Recently,a city government decided it needed a new landfill so it bought the cheapest land it could find,which happened to be next to a neighborhood which was predominately populated by minorities.This is an example of __________.

A group labeled as a "race" by the wider society and bound together by common social and economic conditions is a __________ group.

At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.

Which of the following minority groups has the lowest life expectancy in the United States today?

Mark,who is African American,was recently pulled over by the police.When he asked why he was stopped,the officer did not say anything specifically and Mark did not think he was committing a violation.Mark suspects he was being profiled and pulled over for __________.

Institutional racism refers to overt acts of racism by individuals that harm other individuals or their personal property.

Students in lower income neighborhoods attend poorly funded schools,which limits their chances of getting a good education and going on to college.These school districts are overwhelmingly populated by racial minorities and are a big contributor to __________.

Discuss the historical processes that have led to the current position of Native American Indians in American society.

Ethnic groups are distinctive partially on the basis of their __________.

Racial problems have __________ foundations.

The __________ theory,proposed by Omi and Winant,asserts that race is the factor which determines and structures life in the United States.

The U.S.census has always allowed people to identify themselves as belonging to more than one racial class.

As more minorities enter high-status jobs,they are confronted by new forms of discrimination in the form of the "job ceilings" that limit their access to top-level jobs.

According to the authors of the text,"Racial classification in the United States is based on a Black-White dichotomy." What do they mean by this?

Whereas cultural deficiency models blame inequality on the cultural values of the majority group,bias theories blame inequality on the minority groups' own prejudice and racism.

The terms "majority" and "minority" refer to the actual numbers of people in certain groups.

The case that struck down school segregation was __________.

Though not popular anymore,for years scientists spent time trying to validate __________ theories by looking at things like IQ and other intelligence tests.

"Profiling" refers to __________.

George believes that the secondary status of minorities is due to their own inferior culture and poor decision making.His beliefs align with the __________ theory.