culture diversity midterm chapters 1-5

Which of the following amendments was indeed for birthright citizens of children of slaves but has long been interrupted to cover any born in the United States regardless of their parents legal status?

14 th

In 1993, the Congress passed the religious freedom restore shin act, which said___________.

A government may not enforce laws that "substantially burden" the exercise of religion

The effort to recruit members of subordinate groups for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities is called ________

Affirmative action

Which of the following terms refers to the positive effort to recruit minority group members or women for jobs promotions and educational opportunities?

Affirmative action

According to Merton typology, which of the following types of person may be removed from any real contact with subordinate groups?

All weather liberal

The process by which a dominant group in subordinate group combines through intermarriage to form a new group is known as __________.

Amalgamation

_____________ Refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants you, intern, sponsor still more

Chain immigration

Naturalization rights were denied to the Chinese in the United States by the enactment of ___________.

Chinese exclusion act of 1882

Conflict perspective is viewed as more racial and activist then functionalism because _________.

Conflict theorist overlook economic disparity

________ refers to the efforts to ensure that hazardous substances are controlled so that all communities receive protection regardless of race or socioeconomic circumstances

Environmental justice

Tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others is termed _______.

Ethnocentrism

Another term for an ethnic floor is ________.

Ethnophaulism

According to the spectrum of inter group status, which of the following relationships is largely unacceptable to the subordinate group?

Extermination

_________ occurs when of minority and majority group combined to form a new group.

Fusion

The _________ refers to the white male advantage experienced in occupations dominated by women

Glass escalator

In 1983, the US Supreme Court upheld the governments rights to intercept ____________ refugees at sea and return them to their homeland with out asylum hearing.

Haitian

What type of motorcycle do I own?

Harley Davidson 2009 rocker C

Jonathan is public attacked because of his sexual orientation. This is an example of :

Hate crime

Which of the following is true of institutional discrimination?

Imposes more hindrances on certain racial and ethnic groups than it does on others

The racial and ethnic landscape is subject to change and different interpretations because __________.

It is constructed socially

Which of the following accurately defined nativism?

It refers to beliefs and policies favoring native born citizens over immigrants.

Which of the following best describes white privilege?

It refers to the rights granted as a benefit or Favor Of being white and can be an element of whiteness.

Which of the following people could be considered an Asylee?

Laura, a foreigner in the United States fearing conversion to her husband's religion in her home country.

Which of the following statements best describes the intelligent design?

Life is so complex it could Only have been created by a higher intelligence.

Two years into her new job Paula find that her salary is considerably less or than that of her male colleagues at the similar position. She can seek redress for this disparity in pay even after 180 days under the ___________.

Lilly Ledbetter fair pay act

Immigrants youth as well as adults to maintain their ethnicity tend to have ___________.

More success as indicated by educational attainment

Limiting immigration on the basis of a quota from each country was part of the _________.

National origin system

In 1995 the Supreme Court ruled that privately sponsored religious displays are permitted on public property if ___________.

Other forms of expression are permitted in the same location

The socihistorical process by which Rachel categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed is known as _____________.

Racial formation

____________ Rejects both a assimilation and coexistence in some form of cultural pluralism.

Secessionist minorities

The Bogardus scale was conceptualized to measure __________ empirically.

Social distance

Eddie, a Mexican, is a college student at Oklahoma City. He is good in studies and finishes all his college assignments on time. His white American classmates are amused at his sincerity. They think that Eddie is an exception to all the Mexicans as he is not lazy like others. The assumption of eddies classmates about Mexicans represents _________.

Stereotyping

In sociology, minority refers to the ___________ groups.

Subordinate

Which of the following arguments is used by supporters of immigration reform?

Tax revenues can be increased by legalizing immigration.

What is reverse discrimination?

The charge that affirmative action discriminates against dominant group members

The key factor in reducing racial hostility, in addition to equal status contact is ___________.

The presence of a common goal

__________ what is considered to be an early exception to the assimilationist approach to white ethnic groups.

The principle of third generation interest

A black worker is Shawn how to perform her factory job by a white male supervisor. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would be unlikely to reduce prejudice because _____________.

The two individuals do not have equal status

Which of the following statements is true of diversity training programs in organizations

They aim to reduce ill treatment based on rage , gender, and ethnicity.

Which of the following statements is true of people with authoritarian personality?

They are concerned with power and toughness

Which of the following statements is true of pluralist?

They believe in maintaining many ethnic boundaries.

Which of the following statements is true of creationist?

They factor the liberal interpretation of the Bible

Before 2010 Haitian refugees were returned to their home country without asylum hearings because ___________.

They were viewed as economic migrants.

Under which of the following conditions does a simulation tend to take longer?

When a minority group retains its own culture

Which of the following indicates the prevalence of a glass wall?

Woman being placed in support positions that reflect their stereotypical helping nature

Which of the following statements is true of gender groups?

Women encounter prejudice and discrimination

The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners is known as __________.

Xenophobia

__________ is the religious dimension in the United States that merges public life with sacred beliefs.

civil religion

Which of the following would prevent women from laterally switching jobs within the same company?

glass walls

Asking people their willingness to work with or be employed with people of different ethnic backgrounds measure their level of:

social distance

What is ethnic paradox?

the maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a way that can assist with one's assimilation in larger society