Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Historically,WASPs dominated social life in the United States until about

Research with the social distance scale among U.S.college students shows increasing social acceptance of people of various racial and ethnic categories over time.

Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by

According to the most recent data,African Americans accounted for about what percentage of the U.S.population?

Japanese immigrants differed from earlier Chinese immigrants by

The story about the class at New York's Bronx Community College explains that

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

The adoption of the English language by Mexican immigrants in the United States is an example of

Over past decades,an increasing number of people have been willing to define themselves as multiracial.

In the United States,minorities typically have less

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

All members of a minority category are poor.

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

For Chinese immigrants,one result of living in Chinatowns was _____.

In 2012,more than 40 percent of African Americans earned $48,000 or more.

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

Among Asian Americans,more than half of all men and women over the age of twenty-five have completed four years of college.