Chapter 09 Quiz

Which of the following would NOT be considered an indicator of ethnicity?

skin color

Certain social or economic benefits or advantages that come with being White that often go unrecognized are referred to as ______.

White privilege

Which of the following is NOT an example of institutional discrimination?

a landlord who does not return phone calls to people with last names that "sound" Latino

Which of the following best describes race?

a socially defined category

A recent study that analyzed responses to potential housing providers on Craigslist found that "White-sounding" names were more likely to get multiple responses than those with "ethnic" names. The author calls this a new form of ______.

digitally enabled discrimination

Various state laws that prohibit incarcerated inmates, parolees, people on probation, and ex-felons from voting are referred to as ______.

disenfranchisement

Which of the following is associated with living in a segregated minority neighborhood?

higher rates of poverty

Interactions between those who are stigmatized and those who are members of the dominant, nonstigmatized group are referred to as ______.

mixed contacts

Social forces that encourage migrants to leave their home countries are referred to as ______.

push factors

Institutionalized relationships between dominant and minority groups that create a structure of economic, social, and political inequality based on socially constructed racial or ethnic categories are referred to as ______.

racism