Quiz 8 - Race/Ethnicity

The term institutional discrimination refers to

A type of discrimination in which unfair practices and policies become part of the structures of society like education, law, and government.

W. E. B. Du Bois described African Americans as having a "double consciousness" because ________

African Americans are American citizens who have a second identity based on skin color.

What has modern science determined about racial categories?

Biologically there is no such thing as a pure race.

_________________ refers to unequal treatment and actions of individuals based on their membership in some minority group.

Discrimination

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

False

In most cases, race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

False

There are very few disparities in the levels of health care that different socio-economic and racial groups in the US receive

False

________________ refers to the attitudes and beliefs that one group is inferior to another.

Prejudice

_____________ is the systematic allocation of resources and opportunity based on race; the ways that institutions and systems operate together to produce outcomes that differ based on race, even in the absence of racist intent.

Structural Racism

Over past decades, an increasing number of people in the United States self-identify themselves as multiracial.

True

Prejudice and discrimination are found in not just individuals, but in the operation of society's institutions.

True

Sociologists define the concept of "race" as

a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important..

In the United States, minority groups typically have less ________.

all of the above

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that ________.

bias is built into the operation of social institutions

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that ________

bias is built into the operation of social institutions.

Race refers to _______ considered important by a society; ethnicity refers to ____.

biological traits; cultural traits

W. E. B. Du Bois claimed that ________ was the major problem facing the United States during the twentieth century.

race

When Alexander, who is white, drives his car over the speed limit, a police officer lets him off with a warning. When Christopher, who is Hispanic, drives his car at the same speed as Alexander on the same road, the officer gives him a ticket, even though his record is clean. This is an example of:

white privilege