Module 8 : Race and Ethnicity

Name the group whose ancestors did not come here by choice.

African Americans

__________ immigration came to an abrupt end with the Exclusion Act of 1882. This act was a result of anti-immigrant sentiment due to a depressed economy and loss of jobs. White workers blamed these migrants for taking their jobs. Because these men did not have the funds to return to their homeland, or to bring their families to the United States, they remained physically and culturally segregated in areas of large cities.

Chinese

A small city government works to reduce racism by hosting several events and providing opportunities for the majority and minority groups to work together on projects, thereby increasing interpersonal communication. This is an example of the ________ in action.

Contact Hypothesis

__________are the second-largest Hispanic subgroup, and their history is quite different from that of other Hispanic groups. Their main wave of immigration to the United States started after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, and reached its crest with the Mariel boatlift in 1980.

Cuban Americans

Identify the following example of white privilege.

Eli, a white student attending Michigan State, is coming driving home from a party at college. He pulls up to a drunk-driving checkpoint where police are stopping people and asking them for their IDs. Having not consumed alcohol that evening, he has a reasonable expectation that the police will look at his ID and let him pass without further questioning.

When we speak of descent through such cultural backgrounds as Irish, Italian American, Russian, Jewish, and Serbian we are actually discussing

Ethnicity

__________describes shared culture, ancestry, nationality, or even religion.

Ethnicity

The U.S. Census from 2008 shows that 16.5 percent of respondents reported being of ________descent; the largest group in the country

German

There is no minority or majority group that fits easily in a category or that can be described simply, however white ethnic Americans are made up of many immigrants including:

German, Irish, Italian, and Eastern European immigrants

Devin grows up with incredibly strict parents who punish him severely for even minor infractions. When he grows up, he finds himself drawn to other authority figures and emulates the ways some of his heroes act toward others. According to psychologist Theodor Adorno, Devin may be prone to

Increased Prejudicism

__________ immigration began in the 1880s. Many of these immigrants came to Hawaii to participate in the sugar industry; others came to the mainland, especially to agricultural pursuits in California.

Japanese

__________ form the largest Hispanic subgroup in the U.S. and also the oldest. Their immigration to the U.S. began in the early 1900s in response to the need for cheap agricultural labor. As workers, they would stay for a few years and then go back home with more money than they could have made in their country of origin.

Mexican Americans

Which of these terms represents the ideal of the United States as a "salad bowl" where a mixture of different cultures is accepted and tolerated with each culture retaining its own identity and being valued equally with mutual respect on the part of all cultures, both dominant and subordinate?

Pluralism

_________ is a process used by real estate agents to direct prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race

Racial Steering

A ________ would likely study ways the minority group in a society have been oppressed by laws and overt racism by the dominant society.

Social conflict theorist

Almost any characteristic can be generalized based on race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation or other categories. When we generalize about people and separately categorize them, we are creating a

Stereotype

A symbolic interactionist would emphasize how ________ related to race and ethnicity could lead to racism.

Symbols

By 1705, Virginia passed which of these laws?

The slave codes which declared that any foreign-born non-Christian could be a slave, and be considered property.

Addison is white and grew up in a lower class home. She's always had to work and support herself and has a hard time believing that she has any real advantages in life just because of her skin color. After taking a Sociology class, Addison realizes that while her life has still been hard, she has, in fact, benefitted from a society that generally caters to the needs of people who look like she does. Addison has come to better understand

White Privilege