SOC 323 Quiz #1 Stuff

Ethnicity

the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.

True

Race varies tremendously between societies and has changed a great deal over time

False

The elections of President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 are evidence that the U.S. is a post-racial society.

Assimilation

This has long been the preferred model for race relations among the dominant group in American society. It refers to push toward acceptance of the dominant culture, at the expense of one's native culture.

D

Which of the following in NOT an aspects of white privilege? Answers: A) It is unearned B) It only operates in conjunction with class privilege C) It is invisible D) White people are socialized to accept it as normal

norm

White privilege has gone unexamined primarily because it is the societal _______. For sociologists, these are significant aspects of culture that refer to the shared expectations about behavior in a society, whether implicit or explicit.

Race

a group of people that share some socially defined physical characteristics, for instance, skin color, hair texture, or facial features

People of color

a term that can be used to collectively refer to the racial/ethnic minority groups that have been the object of discrimination in the United States

Ethnic group

a term that refers to a group of people that share a culture, nationality, ancestry, and/or language

Institutional Racism

found in everyday business practices and policies that disadvantage minorities and offer advantages to dominant group members; it is often written off as "just the way things are."

One-drop rule

refers to the idea, formerly legally enforced and later a U.S. cultural norm, that if a person has any black ancestry, they are considered to be black

Falso

¿Cierto o Falso? People of color have a more difficult time seeing themselves as "raced" and thus have a more difficult time seeing themselves as having a racial identity than do whites