Exam 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality

Which of the following is an example of institutionalized discrimination?

In a recent poll of Americans,how many said they had unfavorable attitudes toward Arabs?

By 1700,the __________ culture was dominant on the entire Eastern seaboard.

Hispanic Americans make up _____ of the U.S.population.

The first step in a society moving toward committing genocide is:

As of 2010,_____ of the United States population is African American.

When members of minority groups lose their defining features and adopt those of the majority culture,this is termed:

The most poorly educated racial or ethnic group in the U.S.is:

The establishment of casinos on reservation land has dramatically decreased rates of poverty among Native Americans.

Genocide is an example of:

A major concern affecting the Hispanic population today is:

Affirmative action rules:

Mindy believes that African Americans are simply not as intelligent as whites.She says that grades on things like the SAT are an example of this.She believes it is only fair that African Americans,therefore,make less money than whites.This is an example of:

__________ have the highest rates of alcoholism among U.S.racial or ethnic groups.

Females in the United States could be regarded as a minority group because they:

Because so many more black than white households are headed by females,some commentators have concluded that black poverty is a result of bad decision making by African American men and women.Empirical evidence:

Racial differences in __________ are primarily responsible for the continuing racial divide in the United States.

The physical separation of minority and majority group members is called:

Using the sociological definition used in your text,it is safe to say that the minority group is always the group that is smallest in size.

W.J.Wilson claims that African Americans can best be helped by strategies that will help all Americans.________ sociologists agree.