Exam 9: Race and Ethnic Relations

What can we conclude about ethnic categories?

Many schools have implemented a multicultural week into their curriculum and activities focus on the presentation of the objective elements of ethnicity.Which of the following would be addressed during this week?

Which conclusion was presented in the text in regards to the concept of race?

According to split labour market theory,which of the following is the most likely to discriminate?

According to the text,how do sociologists define racism?

Lukas and Joshua were discussing the merits of increasing and/or decreasing Canadian immigration rates.Lukas tended to favour the idea of increasing immigration levels as a result of reading what demographers were forecasting for Canada if immigration rates were to decline.What demographic prediction was Lukas referring to?

Aashi Pershad is a medical doctor in Goa,India,and would like to come to Canada;however,immigration authorities in Canada say her certification is not equivalent to a Canadian doctor's and she would have to do an additional three years of residency and take some courses before being allowed to practice.What term best describes Dr.Pershad's situation?

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor that was identified by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as contributing to the high rate of victimization of Aboriginal women?

Following the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11,2001,new immigration policy measures have been introduced in Canada.

According to the text,which group of people does the internal colonial model analyze power imbalances,inequality,and exploitation?

A friend says to you,"Seriously,you might zip along Dundas Street in Mississauga to find a Korean joint for dinner,but do you think they'd really want you to live in their community,or vice-versa? I respect their differences,but oil and water don't mix." According to the text,which term best defines this kind of view?

An immigration reform lobby group argues that high immigration levels make it more difficult to achieve Canada's fiscal objectives.When immigrants come to Canada,they cost the Canadian taxpayer (in health care and education,for example)while not contributing their "fair share" in taxes.Which term characterizes this argument?

Some educators are challenging the tokenistic practice of having a "multicultural" week in their classroom.They maintain that exploring the dress,dance,dialect and diet of various cultures has little value and tends to just reinforce existing stereotypes of different ethnic groups,which in turn leads to the promotion of racism.Using the information from this chapter and personal experiences,how would you respond to their argument?

During the 1992 Charlottetown Accord debates,in which Aboriginal self-government was proposed,many Aboriginal women advocated voting against the Accord.

Carrie lost her job to an immigrant from Country X.Carrie is upset because she knows that the immigrant is working for $5 less per hour,so the company is making more profit.However,Carrie's hostility is focused on the immigrant,not the company.What theory would best be used to describe Carrie's reaction?

In the late 1950s and early 1960s a young French Canadian man defied his parent's wish that he attend church,found a job in the provincial civil service,moved in with his girlfriend and never got married,and talked hopefully with like-minded people about Quebec becoming a nation unto itself someday.What term was later given to this young man's era in Quebec's history?

Word-of-mouth recruiting in organizations and inflated educational requirements for nontechnical jobs are forms of systemic discrimination,because they unintentionally put minority groups at a disadvantage in the distribution of scarce resources such as jobs.

According to John Porter's description,which term describes a society where ethnic groups tend to occupy different and unequal positions?

Airport security records from a large international airport were analyzed,and it was discovered that 80 per cent of the persons subjected to enhanced screening procedures and more stringent pre-boarding checks tended to be travellers who were Arab,Muslim,Black,or Hispanic.What term would be used to describe this situation?

Why does the author assert that socialization approaches to racism are superior to social psychological and primordialist approaches? What are the limitations of socialization approaches,and how have theories in the conflict tradition attempted to address these limitations?