Deck 14: The Future of Ethnicity

Question 1

When subordinate group members try to find mutually satisfactory ways to bring dominant and subordinate groups together it is referred to as a:

A)pluralized relationship to dominant.
B)colonized relationship to dominant.
C)centrifugal relationship to dominant.
D)centripetal relationship to dominant.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

With all due respect to "Garveyism," we may say that during most of the past century,Blacks have been divided between Anglo conformity and:

A)cultural pluralism.
B)cultural homogeneity.
C)Garveyism.
D)separatism.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which period of immigrants have merged so highly with the American core that they would be considered completely assimilated?

A)colonial
B)first-stream
C)second-stream
D)third-stream

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Bobo,Kluegel,and Smith refer to the fact that White people underestimate the importance of the status of being White in American society as:

A)White ignorance.
B)White privilege.
C)laissez-faire racism.
D)laissez-faire ethnogenesis.

Question 5

According to the authors,boundaries of racial and ethnic groups that are accepted at any given time may be:

A)firmly set.
B)altered.
C)unalterable.
D)irreparable.

Question 6

A group that is subordinate and focuses on continuing to stay together as a unit is referred to as a:

A)pluralized relationship to dominant.
B)colonized relationship to dominant.
C)centrifugal relationship to dominant.
D)centripetal relationship to dominant.

Question 7

The authors state that Mexican and Puerto Rican Americans show an attraction to:

A)transnationalism.
B)mononationalism.
C)Americanism.
D)Hispanism.

Question 8

Greely (1985)referred to the speed with which the second-stream Europeans have assimilated culturally and in the secondary arena as a/an:

A)sad discourse on human existence.
B)sad discourse on U.S.assimilation.
C)ethnic miracle.
D)ethnic disaster.

Question 9

The immigrant model ________ deny the validity of the colonial model in some instances.

A)doesn't
B)does
C)tries to
D)tries not to

Question 10

The main criticisms of the colonial model rest on efforts to show all the following,except:

A)Some non-White groups have achieved high levels of assimilation.
B)The recent experiences of Mexicans resemble those of second-stream European immigrants.
C)The recent experiences of Blacks resemble those of second-stream European immigrants.
D)The recent experiences of Japanese resemble those of second-stream European immigrants.

Question 11

The American "core society" is much more ________ than in the past.

A)Anglo
B)Asiatic
C)homogeneous
D)diverse

Question 12

According to Ignatiev,Irish became "White" by:

A)first acting Black.
B)distinguishing themselves from Blacks.
C)first acting Mexican.
D)distinguishing themselves from Mexicans.

Question 13

Gans argued that as the functions of ethnic cultures and groups diminish,________ ethnicity becomes the primary way of being ethnic.

A)symbolic
B)temporary
C)substitutive
D)additive

Question 14

The authors claim that the once-colonized American ethnic groups have gone from being centrifugal to:

A)recolonized.
B)redominated.
C)centripetal.
D)centrifugal.

Question 15

According to the authors,White people are rarely forced to think about:

A)White ethnicity.
B)White legal definitions.
C)White traditional heritage.
D)White forfeited cultures.

Question 16

Alba and Nee (1997)found that "there is abundant evidence that assimilation has been the ________ among the descendants of the immigrants...who mainly came from Europe...before
1930."

A)bain of failure
B)bain of taunting
C)slave trend
D)master trend

Question 17

In the introductory paragraph to Chapter 14,the authors ask all of the following questions, except:

A)Have 1st and 2nd stream White ethnics been absorbed into the mainstream?
B)Will White ethnics of the 3rd stream follow the same pattern of the 1st and 2nd stream?
C)Will non-White ethnics of the 3rd stream follow the same pattern of the 1st and 2nd stream?
D)Will some form of pluralism be accepted by all groups,including Whites?

Question 18

If a small society X is invaded and overpowered by outsiders from society Z,and society X is taken into Z society as an entire unit,then X becomes a:

A)pluralized group.
B)colonized group.
C)enslaved group.
D)centripetal group.

Question 19

The authors argue that most in the United States have:

A)multiple marriage partners.
B)multiple ethnic origins.
C)multiple languages spoken.
D)multiple intra-country travels.

Question 20

According to the authors,________ of the American ethnic groups have reached full Anglo conformity.

A)nearly all
B)not a single one
C)every single one
D)very few,if any

Question 21

In the alternate view provided by the authors,the issue is really certainties not probabilities.

Question 22

The idea to choose only one race and give up all others is no longer the only option in the
United States.

Question 23

Laissez-faire racism is commonly ascribed to non-Whites.

Question 24

Italians were great candidates for Anglo-conformity assimilation in the United States.

Question 25

In a June 7,1999 Newsweek survey,Blacks felt that it was impossible to feel truly ________ in America.

A)safe
B)accepted
C)free
D)equal

Question 26

Most Blacks in the northern cities have not been there more than three generations.

Question 27

According to recent studies,who receives the highest income in Brazil?

A)Whites
B)Blacks
C)mulattos
D)immigrants

Question 28

Walters (1990)argued that symbolic ethnicity had "died" for Whites in the United States.

Question 29

A sizable portion of the U.S.population does not want their children to attend schools with:

A)Asians.
B)Hispanics.
C)Polynesians.
D)Blacks.

Question 30

Estimates of bilingualism among second- and third- generation immigrants are probably:

A)underestimated.
B)understated.
C)overstated.
D)uncounted.

Question 31

A continuing and pressing problem is the failure to afford ________ for secondary assimilation to every American who wishes it.

A)the American Dream
B)access to military enlistment
C)disparate opportunity
D)equal opportunity

Question 32

Most early colonial immigrant groups took exactly three generations to assimilate.

Question 33

Ethnogenesis is not a possibility for first-generation immigrants' descendants.

Question 34

Many American immigrant groups have at least a nominal level of ethnic identity.

Question 35

First generation Blacks feel pressure to identify themselves:

A)"only as Blacks."
B)"only as immigrants."
C)"as real Americans."
D)"as equal to other Blacks."

Question 36

The authors discuss all of the following countries which are having race relations problems, except:

A)South Africa.
B)Germany.
C)Sweden.
D)Canada.

Question 37

Early court ruling found some ethnic group members to be non-White.

Question 38

The cases of the Irish and Italians illustrates that the concept of race is not fixed by nature.

Question 39

The basic faith of the cultural pluralists is that consensus on the principles of American economic and political life does not require a/an ________ to the will of the dominant group.

A)capitulation
B)adaptation
C)configuration
D)confirmation

Question 40

The complexity of U.S.society has made it extremely difficult for ethnic groups to maintain or ________ a centrifugal relationship with the majority.

A)organize
B)suppress
C)revive
D)resist

Question 41

South Africa has had a major influx of immigrants.

Question 42

Relationships between dominant and subordinate groups at the time the relationship forms fix
the relationship forever.

Question 43

African Americans came to accept cultural pluralism ideas after the 1960s.

Question 44

The immigrant ethnics are less likely than the colonized ethnics to resent the dominant group.

Question 45

Pan-ethnic identities weaken ethnic groups' collective power.

Question 46

African Americans were a colonized minority that formed a centrifugal relationship with the
dominant White group.

Question 47

The condition of conquest is most important in the alternate view,not the conquest itself.

Question 48

In the alternate view provided by the authors,they combine elements of immigrant and
colonial models.

Question 49

Serbs set out on a campaign of Albanian ethnic cleansing.

Question 50

Most U.S.Asian groups are English dominant as adults.

Question 51

Most Indian tribes have resisted assimilation only in the last century.