Race and Ethnicity

1967's Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, a case which legally allowed interracial marriage, is an example of 1. Racism 2. Stereotyping 3. Amalgamation 4. Assimilation

Amalgamation

According to the video from the PowerPoint and your textbook the practice of redlining: 1. Was part of a national real estate appraisal system introduced in the 1930s by the U. S. Federal government that considered minority neighborhoods as a bad financial risk. 2. Led to the creation of government subsidized wealth among owners of new homes in white suburban America. 3. Was part of U.S. immigration policy between 1880 and 1920 that specified racial requirements for naturalization (citizenship). 4. Both A and B.

Both A and B

Which of the following is NOT an example of a stereotype? 1. Cynthia believing her best friend to be good at math because she is Asian. 2. Maria assuming her son-in-law is a heavy drinker because he is Irish. 3. Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian. 4. Pedro assuming his neighbor likes rap music because he is African American.

Isaiah cooking his girlfriend a meat-free dinner because she is a vegetarian

Which group within the United States has been stereotyped as the model minority? 1. The Asian American community 2. The African American community 3. The Arab American community 4. The Hispanic American community

The Asian American community

What distinguishes a minority group from a dominant group? 1. The minority group is the society's elite, and members of the group experience material comfort. 2. The minority group has distinguishing physical or cultural traits, and members of the group oppress the dominant group. 3. The minority group has distinguishing physical or cultural traits, and members of the minority group are singled out for unequal treatment by the dominant group. 4. The minority group has a distinct identity based on physical or cultural traits, but members of the group receive treatment equal to that of the dominant group.

The minority group has distinguishing physical or cultural traits, and members of the minority group are singled out for unequal treatment by the dominant group

The term assimilation is defined by the text as: 1. When a dominant group forces a subordinate group to leave a certain area or even the country. 2. The theory that prejudice is embedded in our culture. 3. The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture. 4. The act of singling out an individual because of his or her race.

The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture

Although the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education ended de jure segregation, de facto segregation is still alive and well in the country. True False

True

While many people assume that "obvious physical differences" explain racial categories, this logic fails to appreciate: 1. that classificatory schemes are not rigidly linked to skin tones 2. physical traits vary enormously among those who are classified as the same racial category 3. classification schemes vary widely, both historically and across national boundaries 4. all of these

all of these

The South African system of apartheid is an example of pluralism. True False

false

The fact that minorities are turned down for home loans more often than the white population, regardless of income, is an example of __________. 1. symbolic interactionism 2. Jim Crow 3. a split labor market 4. institutional discrimination

institutional discrimination

Assimilation refers to the process by which 1. people become more tolerant of minorities. 2. minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture. 3. all minority categories become more equal in social standing. 4. people regain their lost cultural heritage.

minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture

Institutional racism refers to the fact that 1. some people hold rigid and unfair attitudes. 2. bias was more pronounced in this nation's history. 3. racism is built into the operation of social institutions. 4. many people still hold prejudiced opinions.

racism is built into the operation of social institutions

A minority is defined as a category of people who are 1. small in numbers and disadvantaged. 2. less than half the society's total population. 3. set apart by that society and subordinated or disadvantaged. 4. born in some other country.

set apart by that society and subordinated or disadvantaged

True or false: The majority of American citizens are descendents of immigrants? True False

true