Deck 9: Christian Ethics and Ethnicity

Question 1

A __________ is the attribution of certain characteristics to all members of a particular group.

A) prejudice
B) stereotype
C) discrimination
D) cultural belief

Answer 1

stereotype

Question 2

__________ is a rigid emotional attitude toward a group of people marked by a predisposition to respond in a certain way.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotype
C) Discrimination
D) Cultural belief

Answer 2

Prejudice

Question 3

Who stated that his greatest burden in life was being black?

A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) C. Eric Lincoln
C) Arthur Ashe
D) Roy L. Brooks

Answer 3

Arthur Ashe

Question 4

The most dramatic change in the United States ethnic makeup has been the increase in __________.

A) foreign-born people
B) African-Americans
C) people who do not speak English as a first language
D) poor minorities

Question 5

Until the last half of the twentieth century, much of the United States was __________.

A) white
B) young
C) segregated
D) poor

Question 6

A major factor in the historical changing of status for minorities was the activity of __________.

A) teens
B) protest groups
C) women
D) foreign nations

Question 7

__________ was used to require that employers deal with employees without regard to minority status.

A) Civil rights
B) Desegregation
C) The Equal Rights Amendment
D) Affirmative action

Question 8

The largest immigrant group in the United State today is __________.

A) Asian
B) African
C) Hispanic
D) European

Question 9

Questions still exist regarding whether we have successful desegregated __________.

A) the government
B) the schools
C) neighborhoods
D) sports

Question 10

Samuel DeWitt Proctor staunchly rejected anything that sounded like __________.

A) separatism
B) integration
C) white society
D) charity

Question 11

Cornel West coined the term black __________.

A) power
B) segregation
C) elitism
D) nihilism

Question 12

Michelle Alexander argued that __________ was just a new form of racialized social control.

A) education
B) incarceration
C) socialization
D) affirmative action

Question 13

Both Hebrew and Christian scriptures __________ group divisiveness.

A) condone
B) encourage
C) ignore
D) condemn

Question 14

__________ famously addressed minorities by saying, "I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold."

A) Paul
B) Mark
C) Jesus
D) Peter

Question 15

__________ refused to move to the back of the bus, which lead to a massive protest movement.

A) Rose Parks
B) Martin Luther King, Jr.
C) Ghandi
D) Cornel West

Question 16

According to King, nonviolence avoids both physical and __________ violence.

A) cultural
B) economic
C) intellectual
D) spiritual

Question 17

Because they involve our own decisions and actions, questions of morality are __________.

A) personal
B) impersonal
C) global
D) cultural

Question 18

Christians have a responsibility to serve as the conscience of __________.

A) each other
B) their church
C) society at large
D) their community

Question 19

The landmark case Brown v. Board of Education challenged __________ in public schools.

A) integration
B) segregation
C) minority teachers
D) education of minority history

Question 20

Discuss the five explanations given for the pattern of stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

Question 21

How has the influx of immigrants changed American attitudes about immigration? Has the trend made people more or less welcoming of new immigrants?

Question 22

Discuss the role of protest groups in changing the lives of minorities. How did protest impact minority rights?

Question 23

What were the lives of minority like after passage of the Civil Rights Act? In what ways did their lives change and stay the same?

Question 24

Write an argument adopting a stance on affirmative action. Explain why your perspective if the correct one.

Question 25

Reverse discrimination is sometimes cited as a negative result of affirmative action. What is reverse discrimination? Why has it been identified as a byproduct of affirmative action?

Question 26

The increase in Hispanic immigrants has had significant political impact. What kinds of changes can you point to culturally and politically that stem from the increase in Hispanic people.

Question 27

Discuss the problem of illegal immigration. How is that problem related to larger issues of minority relations?

Question 28

Compare the Hebrew and New Testament attitudes toward minority groups.

Question 29

Identify historical events that act as testaments to the power of minority groups to exact social change. How are their actions examples of Christian ethics?