sociology (chapter 11)

Mr. Roper manages an apartment complex is San Diego. He has 5 empty units that he needs to rent out. However, whenever certain racial and ethnic groups inquire about renting in the complex, Mr. Roper tells them there are no vacancies. This unfair action is an example of:

Discrimination

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order 9066, which authorized the establishment of internment camps for anyone with as little as one-eighth Japanese ancestry following Pearl Harbor, is an example of:

Expulsion

In 1994, the Hutu tribe of Rwanda attempted to destroy or exterminate the Tutsi tribe. This is an example of:

Genocide

A group of people who are singled out in a society due to their physical or cultural characteristics and then are discriminated against would be considered a _________.

Minority Group

The term discrimination is defined in the text as:

Prejudiced action against a group of people.

The belief that one racial category is somehow superior or inferior to another is referred to as:

Racism

Max believes that most people's racial beliefs are based on images conveyed in popular media since many people never meet members of certain races for themselves. Max's perspective is:

Symbolic interactionist

The term segregation is defined in the text as:

The physical separation of two groups, particularly in residence, but also in workplace and social functions.

The term assimilation is defined by the text as:

The process by which a minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture.

Adolf Hitler blaming Germany's pre-war problems on the Jewish population is an example of:

The scapegoat theory