Race & Ethnicity

________ is a generalization about a group of people that may be either positive or negative

A stereotype

The Immigration Act of 1924, further curtailed ________ immigration. This Act included the race-based National Origins Act, which was aimed at keeping U.S. ethnic stock as undiluted as possible by reducing "undesirable" immigrants. It was not until after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that ________ immigration again increased, and many ________families were reunited.

Chinese

________ is the unjust treatment of a category of people simply because they belong to that category while ________ is when someone has a preconceived opinion that isn't based on reason or experience

Discrimination; prejudice

Which of the following theories would suggest that racial and ethnic inequalities must have served an important purpose in order to exist as long as they have?

Functionalism

________ theorists would suggest that racism can contribute positively to society by increasing solidarity between in-groups members by refusing to allow outsiders access.

Functionalist

________ indicates that racial prejudice is formed through communications and relations between members of the dominant group, and without these scenarios, individuals in the dominant group would not hold racist views. These scenarios allow the dominant group to support its view of the subordinate group, and to maintain the status quo

Interaction theory

________ immigration began in the 1880s. Many of these immigrants came to Hawaii to participate in the sugar industry; others came to the mainland, especially to agricultural pursuits in California.

Japanese

________ is a process used by real estate agents to direct prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race

Racial steering

Since the event on September 11, 2001, Arabs and Muslims have been stereotyped racial-ized, which means that

These groups have been assigned by the dominant group to a certain racial or ethnic identity or group that they did not identify themselves as such.

The term "race" is

a social fiction.

Illegal immigration from Mexico is due to

an enormous disparity of economic opportunity on two sides of an open border.

Research at Stanford University suggests that people who identify as white ________ to help maintain a positive image of themselves and to continue to enjoy white privilege.

cite personal hardships

Which of the following involves the deliberate, targeted annihilation of a subordinate group?

genocide

The ________ focuses on how race and ethnicity provide strong symbols as sources of identity.

interaction theory

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

segregation

The involvement of struggles that occur when the dominant group perceives a threat from the minority group would be explained by

social conflict theory

Almost any characteristic can be generalized based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation or other categories. When we generalize about people and separately categorize them, we are creating a

stereotype.

One of the benefits that some people receive simply by being part of the dominant group in the U.S. is called

white privilege.

Group size is not a characteristic of being a minority group. Which of the following groups could therefore be considered a minority group in the U.S.?

women