Exam 12: Race and Ethnicity

Symbolic interactionists focus on the role of _____ in affecting perception and creating prejudice.

Someone with an authoritarian personality tends to be

Which of the following statements about race is true?

The profusion of skin colors and physical characteristics of different humans is due to

Ezekiel's research (1995) found that Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi leaders believed that race

There is a disagreement among sociologists on whether _____ or race is (are) more important in determining the life chances of African Americans.

What is the connection between frustration and scapegoats?

Conflict theorists say that capitalists use the _____ to expand production during economic booms, and then lay off people during economic contractions.

The United States government's relocation of Native Americans to reservations is an example of

_____ permits-or encourages-ethnic differences.

_____ is person-to-person or face-to-face discrimination.

segregation, population transfer, assimilation, genocide, internal colonialism, multiculturalism.

Forcible expulsion and genocide are types of

As whites colonized the United States and expanded westward, what did most Native Americans die from?

_____ group is the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status.

When it comes to prejudice,

Immigrants to the United States from Poland, Ireland, Italy, and Germany are examples of

Discuss the myth of pure races.

Seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others, is

_____ is an umbrella term for people from any of the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America.