Race and Ethnicity; Sociology

Humans share ________ similarity in their DNA.

99.9% identical

Because we grow up surrounded by images of stereotypes and casual expressions of racism and prejudice, ________ highlights how easy it is to project our stereotyped impressions onto groups in the manner in which we have seen them portrayed by the media without ever understanding the extent to which this may have influenced our thought processes.

Culture of prejudice

The involvement of struggles that occur when the dominant group perceives a threat from the minority group would be explained by

Social Conflict theory

The social construction of race is represented

in the way names for racial categories change with changing times and include only certain people.

________ creates the classic "melting pot" analogy; unlike the "salad bowl," in which each culture retains its individuality, the "melting pot" ideal sees the combination of cultures that results in a new culture entirely. This process may be achieved through intermarriage between races.

Amalgamation

The term "Arab" refers to ________, while "Muslim" refers to ________.

An ethnicity; a religion

A/an ________ is likely to study the struggles between the ruling class and racial and ethnic minorities. They may also examine how these inequalities influence daily life for minorities.

Conflict theorist

________ is a generalization about a group of people that may be either positive or negative

Stereotype

Slavery eventually became an issue over which the nation divided into geographically and ideologically distinct factions, leading to

The civil war

________ theorists would suggest that racism can contribute positively to society by increasing solidarity between in-groups members by refusing to allow outsiders access.

functionalists

Research at Stanford University suggests that people who identify as white ________ to help maintain a positive image of themselves and to continue to enjoy white privilege.

point to their own hardships

According to symbolic interactionists, ________ related to race contribute to racism.

symbols

The first members of which group were brought to the Virginia colony of Jamestown in 1619 and sold as indentured servants?

African Americans

Unlike the ________, the ________ had a strong government that negotiated with the U.S. government to ensure the well-being of their immigrants. These men were able to bring their wives and families to the United States, and were thus able to produce second- and third-generation family members more quickly.

Chinese, Japanese

White ethnic Americans, come from diverse backgrounds and have had a great variety of experiences. According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2020), ________ of U.S. adults currently identify themselves as white alone.

61.6 percent

The Immigration Act of 1924 curtailed ________ immigration. This Act included the race-based National Origins Act, which was aimed at keeping U.S. ethnic stock as undiluted as possible by reducing "undesirable" immigrants. It was not until after the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 that immigration from this group again increased, and many families were reunited.

Chinese

The belief that one skin tone is superior to another skin tone within a racial group is known as

Colorism

________ indicates that racial prejudice is formed through communications and relations between members of the dominant group, and without these scenarios, individuals in the dominant group would not hold racist views. These scenarios allow the dominant group to support its view of the subordinate group, and to maintain the status quo

Interaction Theory

During ________, Mexican workers crossed the border into the United States, both legally and illegally, to work in the fields that provided produce for the developing United States. Western growers needed a steady supply of labor, so the official federal Bracero Program offered protection to Mexican guest workers.

It Is NOT 1900-1910

In the early 1900s, ________ lived in segregated slums in Northeastern cities, and in some cases were even victims of violence and lynchings. They typically worked harder and were paid less than other workers, often doing the dangerous work that other laborers were reluctant to take on.

Italian immigrants

Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 has been the subject of many lawsuits, from parties as diverse as Arizona police officers, the American Civil Liberties Union, and even the federal government, because they believe it will encourage police officers to profile and discriminate against

Mexican Americans

Native Americans ________ of centuries of degradation through long-term poverty, inadequate education, cultural dislocation, and high rates of unemployment which contribute to Native American populations falling to the bottom of the economic spectrum with lower life expectancies than most groups in the United States.

Still suffer the effects

When Rachael, a Black student, and Brittany, a white student, were traveling together to a conference, Brittany was surprised to learn that Rachael had been pulled over more than 10 times by suspicious police officers. Brittany could see how her skin color had offered her some advantages she hadn't considered previously. The fact that Brittany has never been pulled over before is an example of ________.

White privilege

Contact hypothesis states

interactions between different groups plays an important role in reducing stereotypes and discrimination

According to Lewis Wirth, "any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination" would be called a

minority

Groups that are subordinate, or that lack power in society regardless of skin color or country of origin are referred to as

minority groups

Although In the United States, the mutual respect of cultural differences required by ________ is often missing in our racial and ethnic relationships. It is considered to be the ideal where cultural differences may not necessarily be embraced but might be erased.

pluralism

Since the event on September 11, 2001, Arabs and Muslims have been stereotyped and racialized, which means that

these groups have been assigned by the dominant group to a certain racial or ethnic identity or group that they did not identify themselves as such.