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