Chapter 11 Study Guide

Which group within the United States has been stereotyped as the model minority?

Asian American

Angela believes that race relations in America are poor because the white ruling class has enacted various laws and regulations to keep other racial groups from achieving equality. With which sociological perspective does Angela's view best align?

Conflict theory

According to your textbook, what term can be used interchangeably with the term minority group?

Subordinate group

In the "Jim Crow" South, it was legal to have "separate but equal" facilities for blacks and whites.

True

The term discrimination is defined in the text as:

consists of actions against a group of people

Speedy Gonzalez is a popular cartoon character, but is widely considered an inappropriate stereotype. Many children are raised watching Speedy Gonzalez cartoons, unaware that such stereotypes are negative. This is a product of:

culture of prejudice

In the United States, which race would be considered the dominant group?

white people

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order 9066, which authorized the establishment of internment camps for anyone with as little as one-eighth Japanese ancestry following Pearl Harbor, is an example of:

Expulsion

Prejudice and discrimination are the same thing.

False

Race and ethnicity are the same thing

False

Cedric's uncle believes that racism and discrimination have made a positive impact on society - but only in the lives of those who are members of the dominant group. Which sociological perspective is Cedric's uncle coming from?

Functionalism

Which of the following is an example of racial steering?

Real estate agents directing clients of certain race

Adolf Hitler blaming Germany's social and economic problems on the Jewish population, was given in your text as an example of what?

Scapegoat theory

According to your textbook, the concept of ethnicity is based on what?

Shared culture - the practices, norms, values, and beliefs of a group that might include shared language, religion, and traditions, among other commonalities

Max believes that most people's racial beliefs are based on images conveyed in popular media since many people never meet members of certain races for themselves. Which sociological perspective does Max's view best fit?

Symbolic interactionist

The majority of American citizens are descendants of immigrants.

True

When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This is an example of:

White privilege

The term assimilation is defined by the text as:

describes the process by which a minority individual or group gives up its own identity by taking on the characteristics of the dominant culture

The term segregation is defined in the text as:

refers to the physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions

The social construction of race school of thought suggests that race is:

thought that race is not biologically identifiable and that previous racial categories were based on pseudoscience

Amalgamation in the form of miscegenation is achieved through what?

through intermarriage between races