Sociology Chapter 8

Identify whether or not the following are examples of symbolic ethnicity.

Americans of Irish descent celebrating St. Patrick's Day the increase in the percentage of Americans claiming Native American ancestry

Identify the examples of how the decriminalization of marijuana perpetuates racialized wealth inequality between blacks and whites.

African Americans are more likely than whites to be arrested for using marijuana. More whites than blacks have been awarded contracts to sell marijuana.

Place the events in the history of Cuban immigration in chronological order.

Communists Middle and upper Poor cubans deportations of cubans

What is the origin of the word Caucasian?

Country of Georgia

Identify whether or not the following scenarios are examples of racialization.

Following 9/11, Muslims and those who were thought to be Muslim experienced an increase in hate crimes, from harassment to physical violence. Following an influx of Irish immigrants in the mid-1800s, popular periodicals began to portray the Irish with exaggerated physical features and criticize their cultural practices.

Match each type of response to oppression to its description.

Members of an oppressed group fight—literally or metaphorically—against their oppression. (COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE) Members of an oppressed group attempt to disguise their group membership. (PASSING) Members of an oppressed group make an effort to behave like the dominant group. (ACCEPTANCE) Members of an oppressed group flee persecution by the dominant group. (WITHDRAWEL)

Identify the reasons why the stereotype of Asian Americans as a "model minority" is not accurate.

Not all Asian American groups fit the stereotype. The stereotype places an outsize burden on Asian youth.

Match each institution to the way it participated in maintaining "equity inequality" between blacks and whites.

exclusion from government home loans FHA exclusion from retirement pensions Social Security redlining banks