Chapter 11 questions

Which subordinate group is often referred to as the "model minority?"

Asian Americans

What is an example of being subordinate group?

Blacks under apartheid in South Africa

What is the theory of Scapegoat?

Dominant groups blame subordinate groups for their problems

why do people move to the United States?

For a better life and because they were forced out of their own countries

What intergroup display the least tolerance?

Genocide

Arab Americans face _______________, especially after 9/11.

Islamophobia

Explain racism as a social fact?

It does not need the actions of individuals to continue.

A defining feature of a minority group is?

Lack of power

What did Amalgamation represent?

Melting Pot

What is represented by the "salad bowl" metaphor?

Pluralism

What doctrine made serration legal in the south?

Separate but equal

what act allowed Hispanic American immigration?

The Bracero Program

What is an example of interactionist view?

The creation of jaywalking laws

What make Native American a subordinate group?

They are the only group that did not come here as immigrants

what does it mean when being white gives you more than the norm

White privilege

why are people still kind of segregated

because of the road and freeways

Discrimination can be explained as?

being biased against an individual or group

What does ethnicity describe?

beliefs, language, religion

What can stereotypes be base on?

race, ethnicity, and gender

Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:

stereotyping