Question 1

Sociologist Devah Pager found a White male with a criminal record was more likely to get a callback than a Black male without a criminal record.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Mary considers herself to be Black and Jamaican.Most social scientists would say that Black is her ______ and Jamaican is her ______.

Accepted Answer

A) race;ethnicity 
B) ethnicity;race 
C) ethnicity;culture 
D) both describe race

Question 3

There are no criminal penalties for racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Symbolic interactionist theorists are interested in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) how messaging from close friends and the mass media influences how individuals relate and respond to racial inequality 
B) the physical and psychic separation between the dominant/majority group and subordinate/minority groups 
C) the cultural adaptation of minorities 
D) adjusting institutional practices that have historically benefited Whites so others can have greater access to society's benefits

Question 5

Blacks are the largest minority group in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Whites are a numerical minority in all of the following states EXCEPT ______.

Accepted Answer

A) Illinois 
B) Texas 
C) Hawaii 
D) New Mexico

Question 7

Patrick is a White American who typically only thinks about his Irish ethnicity on St.Patrick's Day.Patrick's Irish ethnicity is largely ______.

Accepted Answer

A) symbolic 
B) achieved 
C) institutional 
D) color blind

Question 8

There is no difference in the average income of Black and White males once education is taken into account.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Women are considered a minority group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following most accurately describes the process by which the dominant race in society is shielded from the most toxic/harmful environmental threats,while minority groups are exposed to various health risks/hazards?

Accepted Answer

A) institutional discrimination 
B) assimilation 
C) environmental racism 
D) internalized racism

Question 11

Asians and Hispanics are the fastest growing minority groups in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Native American?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 5 
C) 12 
D) 20

Question 13

Economists Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan found that even when resumes are otherwise identical,those with White-sounding names got callbacks one in ______ times,while the Black-sounding "applicants" got only one in ______.

Accepted Answer

A) 5;6 
B) 5;10 
C) 10;15 
D) 10;30

Question 14

One in ______ children of immigrants in the United States lives in poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) 3 
B) 6 
C) 10 
D) 15

Question 15

In what year was The Philadelphia Negro first published?

Accepted Answer

A) 1995 
B) 1900 
C) 1897 
D) 1899

Question 16

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Black?

Accepted Answer

A) 3 
B) 8 
C) 13 
D) 22

Question 17

______ is the ideology that acknowledges immigrant assimilation into different segments of the host society (not just the White middle class).

Accepted Answer

A) Discrimination theory 
B) Racialization theory 
C) Segmented assimilation 
D) Bumpy-line assimilation

Question 18

Conflict theorists are mainly focused on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) the better training or cultural adaptation of minorities 
B) the physical and psychic separation between the dominant/majority group and subordinate/minority groups 
C) the cultural adaptation of minorities 
D) changing institutional actions that have historically advantaged Whites so others can have more equal access to society's benefits

Question 19

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Asian American?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 
B) 6 
C) 12 
D) 20

Question 20

Symbolic ethnicity ______.

Accepted Answer

A) is typically more important than racial identity 
B) is highly correlated with racial identity 
C) is passed down directly from parent to child 
D) derives more from heritage of distant relatives

Exam 3: Race and Ethnicity

Sociologist Devah Pager found a White male with a criminal record was more likely to get a callback than a Black male without a criminal record.

Mary considers herself to be Black and Jamaican.Most social scientists would say that Black is her and Jamaican is her .

There are no criminal penalties for racial discrimination.

Symbolic interactionist theorists are interested in which of the following?

Blacks are the largest minority group in the United States.

Whites are a numerical minority in all of the following states EXCEPT ______.

Patrick is a White American who typically only thinks about his Irish ethnicity on St.Patrick's Day.Patrick's Irish ethnicity is largely ______.

There is no difference in the average income of Black and White males once education is taken into account.

Women are considered a minority group.

Which of the following most accurately describes the process by which the dominant race in society is shielded from the most toxic/harmful environmental threats,while minority groups are exposed to various health risks/hazards?

Asians and Hispanics are the fastest growing minority groups in the United States.

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Native American?

Economists Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan found that even when resumes are otherwise identical,those with White-sounding names got callbacks one in times,while the Black-sounding "applicants" got only one in .

One in ______ children of immigrants in the United States lives in poverty.

In what year was The Philadelphia Negro first published?

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Black?

______ is the ideology that acknowledges immigrant assimilation into different segments of the host society (not just the White middle class) .

Conflict theorists are mainly focused on which of the following?

According to the 2010 U.S.Census,what percentage of Americans are considered Asian American?

Symbolic ethnicity ______.