Sociology Ch 11

The racial term "African American" can refer to

A black person living in the United States, people whose ancestors came to the United States through the slave trade, a white person who originated in Africa and now lives in the United States

What is represented by melting pot metaphor?

Amalgamation

What is a result of white privilege?

As a White person in the United States, being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you

What are biased actions against an individual or group

Discrimination

What do shared beliefs, religion, language describe?

Ethnicity

Why did most white ethnic Americans come to the United States?

For a better life and to escape oppression

Which of the following is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?

It does not need the actions of individuals to continue.

Blacks under apartheid in South Africa is an example of what?

It is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group

The Bracelo program was designed to allow what?

It was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration, not block it

What separate but equal doctrine justified in the south?

Legal segregation

Who faces Islamophobia, especially after 9/11

Many Arab-Americans

Whose defining feature is lack of power?

Minority group

What intergroup relationship is represented by the "salad bowl" metaphor?

Pluralism

Stereotypes can be based on

Race, ethnicity, gender

What theory is shown when dominant groups blame subordinate groups for their problems?

Scapegoat theory

What is an example of stereotyping?

Speedy Gonzalez

What does genocide intergroup relation displays?

The least tolerance

What makes Native Americans unique as a subordinate group in the United States?

They are the only group that is indigenous to the United States.

How is Asian-American subordinate group is often referred to?

model minority