Deck 7: Race and Ethnic Relations

Question 1

Which of the following best represent(s) an action?

A) Discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Ethnic stereotypes
D) Racial stereotypes
E) All of the above.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An attitude whereby one group sees itself as superior to other groups is called:

A) Racial prejudice
B) Assimilation
C) Ethnocentrism
D) Stereotyping

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The __________ represents a chronically-impoverished group in society and whose conditions have worsened in recent economic history.

A) Scapegoat society
B) Caste class
C) Colonized minorities
D) Underclass

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following statements about the underclass is true?

A) The underclass is made up of members who form very strong bonds in contrast to other groups in society.
B) Those in the underclass are usually viewed as having equal status to the rest of society.
C) The underclass live on the fringes in society by choice and actively reject larger cultural norms.
D) Placement in the underclass is due in part to the disapperance of, well-paying jobs that do not require advanced education in the United States.

Question 5

An individual's ethnic background is part of their:

A) Ascribed status
B) Role status
C) Social structure
D) Achieved status

Question 6

The belief that all Asian-Americans are naturally gifted in science, math, and technology is a(n) ___________.

A) Ethnic adaptation
B) Ethnic stereotype
C) Racial observation
D) Factual observation

Question 7

An apartment manager accepts an application for housing from a young couple who recently emigrated from Syria to the U.S. After the couple leaves the premises, the manager promptly throws their application into the trash based on the applicant's ethic background. This is an example of:

A) Ethnic stereotypes
B) Racial-ethnic discrimination
C) Anomie
D) Nothing. Apartment managers have every right to deny applicants for any reason.

Question 8

An example of a salient characteristic is:

A) Eye color
B) Social class
C) Ascribed status
D) Skin color

Question 9

A chronically impoverished group in the U.S. whose economic status has worsened in recent years is called the ___________.

A) Underclass
B) Poverty group
C) Working group
D) Prejudicial class

Question 10

The idea that all Southerners are bigoted is _____________.

A) Discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) A stereotype
D) A fact

Question 11

School segregation based on race is an example of ___________.

A) Dependency theory
B) Class structure
C) Institutionalized racism
D) A class system

Question 12

A _________ is a category of people who are recognized as distinct based on the basis of a social or cultural criteria such as religion or nationality.

A) Racial group
B) Ethnic group
C) Minority group
D) Majority group

Question 13

Which of the following responses are effective ways to discourage discrimination?

A) Filing complaints
B) Bringing forward legal hearings
C) Penalties or fines
D) All of the above.

Question 14

Most sociologists who specialize in race and ethnic relations are which type of theorist?

A) Conflict
B) Symbolic interaction
C) Functionalist
D) Feminist

Question 15

Change in the racial caste system in the U.S. came as a result of

A) A Supreme Court ruling
B) Federal troop support of legal changes
C) Internal pressures such as an 11-month bus boycott
D) All of the above.

Question 16

________________ are groups that have historically and continue to experience the greatest systematic disadvantage in the United States.

A) Planter classes
B) Colonized minorities
C) Assimilated minorities
D) Scapegoats

Question 17

According to the social learning theory of prejudice, people become prejudiced because

A) They grow up in prejudiced environments where they learn prejudice from people around them.
B) When surrounded by prejudice it becomes an unquestioned truth.
C) In a prejudiced family one is often encouraged and rewarded for being prejudiced.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

Economic motivations played a key role in the creation of systems of racial and ethnic inequality in the United States.

Question 19

Discrimination is an attitude, belief or feeling that one ethnic or racial group is superior to another.

Question 20

Stereotypes and prejudices both work to undermine equality in the United States.

Question 21

In the United States the most advantaged social positions have nearly always been held by whites descended from North and Western Europe.

Question 22

Certain personality traits have been linked to prejudice.

Question 23

Prejudice is mostly learned through one's interaction with people from different ethnic groups.

Question 24

Theodor Adorno found that prejudiced people are more likely to admit flaws or faults in themselves or their parents.

Question 25

Prejudicial attitudes can be changed by behavior.

Question 26

The assumption by slaveholders of white superiority over blacks is an examples of ideological racism.

Question 27

Those in advantaged positions in society are referred to as minority groups.

Question 28

One's race is an achieved status.

Question 29

One's ethnicity is an ascribed status.

Question 30

Not everyone who is prejudiced discriminates.

Question 31

Stereotypes are an important cause of discrimination against African Americans in employment and housing in the United States.

Question 32

Ethnic and racial conflict are inevitable.

Question 33

Institutional racism can be deliberate.

Question 34

Institutional racism can be unintentional and unconscious.

Question 35

What is affirmative action? Which subgroups have most benefited from affirmative action?

Question 36

What is the difference between a racial group and an ethnic group? What do they have in common?

Question 37

Explain the reasons that biologists and social scientists are not able to identify the number of races in a society or the world.

Question 38

Define the term racism and identify and discuss at least two forms of racism as cited by Farley and Flota.

Question 39

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Begin your response by defining both, and give two examples of each.

Question 40

What is ethnocentrism, according to your authors? How does this differ from pluralism or multiculturalism?

Question 41

How did Manifest Destiny contribute to the forcible removal of Native Americans and subjugation of Mexicans in the American Southwest? Begin by defining Manifest Destiny.

Question 42

What do sociologists mean when they define race as socially constructed? How might this be linked to our nation's history? In other words, when and why did race in the U.S. become a construct?

Question 43

What are the lingering effects to colonized minorities compared to other minorities in American society? How are their experiences different? Provide examples.

Question 44

What is the underclass? Can the existence of an underclass be effectively addressed in American society? If so, how could this be done? If not, why not? Provide evidence to support your position.

Question 45

What is the difference between a stereotype and prejudice? How are they related? Begin by defining both terms.

Question 46

What is affirmative action? Provide three examples of affirmative action and explain its purpose and benefits to society.

Question 47

Discuss institutional racism and its contemporary effects on specific groups in society. Begin your response with a definition of institutional racism.

Question 48

Identify and discuss at least two social-psychological theories regarding race relations in U.S. society.

Question 49

What would a conflict theorist argue regarding race relations in the United States? How would they explain and what are their key points regarding intergroup relations and race?