Exam 9: Race and Ethnic Relations

Which statement is a critique of the primordialist/sociobiologist thesis?

According to the text,which statement represents a primary distinction between orthodox Marxist theorists and split labour market theorists on racism?

Which of the following are "charter groups," as identified by John Porter?

Tuan and his parents moved to Canada from Vietnam when he was eight years old.Now,at the age of 24,he is filling out a census form and he registers himself as a Canadian,even though the form would allow him to acknowledge his ethnic roots.What does this imply about the concept of ethnicity?

According to a popular social psychological explanation,anti-Semitism is the result of scapegoating when individuals are frustrated in their efforts to attain a desired goal.

Which of the following nineteenth-century Quebec circumstances fuelled Québécois nationalism?

According to the text,what was the Catholic Church's net effect in Quebec during the nineteenth century?

Before 1962,Canadian immigration policy was based on the assumption that European immigrants were racially and culturally superior to all other potential immigrants.

In an attempt to eliminate racial profiling and bias from policing,a police force instituted a policy requiring officers to issue "receipts" to those residents (disproportionately young black or brown men)whom they stopped and questioned,even if they were not linked to an offence.How might this initiative impact the number of random stops that were being made by police officers? Support your answer by making connections to chapter material.

Which of the following is an example of frustration-aggression?

A group of young people are discussing prejudice and discrimination,and one young woman states that she is not prejudiced,but just feels naturally more comfortable with people "...of [her] own kind." Which theory of ethnic relations would incorporate such perceptions in its formulation?

Statistical evidence shows that Aboriginal peoples are the most socially and economically disadvantaged groups in Canada.

An academically outstanding First Nations boy is teased by his reserve chums,who call him an apple: red on the outside,but white on the inside.Embarrassed about not fitting in,this young man's grades soon fall.Which theoretical perspective best predicts this kind of behaviour?

The internal colonial model for explaining inequalities between Aboriginal people and others in Canada is a variant of social constructionist theory.

Canadian immigrants fall within three main categories: refugee class,family class,and economic class.Imagine that you are the minister of Citizenship and Immigration.This year's overall immigration target is 300,000 and you are responsible for deciding the target number for each of the aforementioned classes.How many spaces would you allocate to each? Explain each of the three categories and discuss the rationale for your allocation.

Which of the following poses a problem for the Marxist position on race?

What did the Catholic Church do in Quebec during the 19th century?

What are ethnic and racial labels about?

In June 1939,the St.Louis ocean liner arrived off the east coast of Canada carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees fleeing Germany.The Canadian government refused to allow them to enter Canada because immigration policies restricted the entrance of people who were not white Anglo-Saxon Protestant or from the United Kingdom.What term describes this denial of entrance?

What was a feature of residential schools for Indians in Canada?