SOCI CH 13: Race & Ethnicity
Most white ethnic Americans come to the United States to seek a better life and/or escape oppression.
True
Speedy Gonzalez is an example of a stereotype.
True
The Bracero Program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration into the U.S.
True
The doctrine that justified legal segregation in the American South is known as separate but equal.
True
The intergroup relationship is represented by the "salad bowl" metaphor is known as pluralism.
True
Scapegoat theory asserts that dominant groups blame subordinate groups for their problems.
True
The significant impact of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson is known as separate but equal.
True
A major defining feature of a minority group is being a numerical minority.
False
Amalgamation is represented by the salad bowl metaphor.
False
De jure segregation is the same as de facto segregation.
False
Discrimination refers to biased thoughts against an individual or group.
False
Ethnicity primarily describes shared physical characteristics.
False
Native Americans are unique as a subordinate group in the United States because they are the only group that experienced expulsion.
False
Sociologists use segregation indices to measure racial segregatioin whereby 100 means a community is completely integrated.
False
The American subordinate group that is often referred to as the "model minority" is Native Americans.
False
The intergroup relation that exhibits the least tolerance is assimilation.
False
The racial term "African American" can refer to a black person living in America or people whose ancestors came to America through the slave trade.
True