Exam 11: Racial Inequality

According to Wellman, the determining feature of majority-minority relations is

Races are defined, compared, and judged ________.

________ groups are bound together by distinctive cultural and ethnic characteristics as well as racial distinctions common to the group.

Identify specific ways that discrimination against Blacks and Hispanics is manifested and how those conditions have changed over time.

The ________ group is the group holding superior power in a society.

The job crisis in minority communities is linked to

Unlike other services, the health care of the U.S. population is distributed evenly across races, and most minorities now have health coverage through Medicaid.

Half of all hate crimes in the United States are committed by ________ .

Race was the ________ that set people of color apart from European immigrant groups.

The "renaissance" described in many American Indian communities refers to

Which of the following is TRUE about Latino groups?

The idea of institutional discrimination

The reality is that the ________ shapes the lives of all people, even whites who are advantaged by the system.

Sociologist ________ argues that it is not just the prejudiced beliefs of the majority that cause racism because even unprejudiced Whites defend the traditional arrangements that negatively affect minorities.

________ theories blame the members of the majority--in particular, their prejudiced attitudes--for inequality.

Growing racial strife has resulted from increased racial diversity and increased competition between Whites and minorities and among minorities themselves, as people compete for a decreasing number of jobs and opportunities.

By the middle of the twenty-first century, today's minorities will comprise nearly one-half of the U. S. population.

Identify which of the following is not one of the causes William J. Wilson points to in explaining the social problems in the inner city.

While pre-World War II Asian immigrants came from a peasant background, the recent immigrants from Asia tend to have a range of education.

Some individuals, whether or not they are bigots, discriminate because we operate within a social milieu that ensures racial dominance.