Chapter 09 Quiz
Which of the following would NOT be considered an indicator of ethnicity?
skin color
Certain social or economic benefits or advantages that come with being White that often go unrecognized are referred to as ______.
White privilege
Which of the following is NOT an example of institutional discrimination?
a landlord who does not return phone calls to people with last names that "sound" Latino
Which of the following best describes race?
a socially defined category
A recent study that analyzed responses to potential housing providers on Craigslist found that "White-sounding" names were more likely to get multiple responses than those with "ethnic" names. The author calls this a new form of ______.
digitally enabled discrimination
Various state laws that prohibit incarcerated inmates, parolees, people on probation, and ex-felons from voting are referred to as ______.
disenfranchisement
Which of the following is associated with living in a segregated minority neighborhood?
higher rates of poverty
Interactions between those who are stigmatized and those who are members of the dominant, nonstigmatized group are referred to as ______.
mixed contacts
Social forces that encourage migrants to leave their home countries are referred to as ______.
push factors
Institutionalized relationships between dominant and minority groups that create a structure of economic, social, and political inequality based on socially constructed racial or ethnic categories are referred to as ______.
racism