Racial and Ethnic Inequality Test Questions and Answers
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Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Racial And Ethnic Inequality
Racial and Ethnic Inequality Test Questions and Answers
Number of seperate racial groups in Brazil - Answer-28
Color blind racism - Answer-Self exemption, silently defend racially unequal status quo
Ex. I'm not racist my friend is black, I don't see race
Covert racism - Answer-Color blind...
Racial and Ethnic Inequality Test
Questions and Answers
Number of seperate racial groups in Brazil - Answer-28
Color blind racism - Answer-Self exemption, silently defend racially unequal status quo
Ex. I'm not racist my friend is black, I don't see race
Covert racism - Answer-Color blind racism
Prejudice vs. Discrimination - Answer-Prejudice- not an action just an ATTITUDE,
preconceived negative attitude towards people
Discrimination- ACTION that denies opportunities
Overt forms of prejudices - Answer-Overt- intentional, meant to be offensive, such as
hate crimes
Ex. Burning a cross in someone's yard, black baby doll hanging
Microaggressions - Answer-unintentional, verbal and non verbal insults,
Ex. I don't want to sound racist but.. , dress up ghetto
Institutional vs. Individual discrimination - Answer-Institution is concerned with
discrimination that has been incorporated into the structures, processes, and
procedures of an organization
Ex. Only English speaking in the office
Individual- against one group
Ex. Black
Glass ceiling - Answer-Used to refer to women or minorities in a work place, but being
stopped from reaching top management positions
Exploitation theory - Answer-Dominant and minority group
Racial subordination is a manifestation of class inequality inherent in capitalism
There will always be exploitation if there is capitalism
Someone always benefits
Which theorist created exploitation theory - Answer-Karl Marx
Contact hypothesis - Answer-Exposure is what makes people accept each other,
interracial contact between people of equal status but have to have equal status and
cooperation which helps become less prejudice and abandon stereotypes
, Equation for amalgamation - Answer-A+B+C= D
Equation for assimilation - Answer-A+B+C=A
Equation for pluralism - Answer-A+B+C=A+B+C
W.E.B Dubois - Answer-Said enslaved African Americans were in an even more
oppressive situation because by law they could not own property and could not pass on
the benefits of their labor to their children
Predicted the color line would become the foremost problem of the 20th century
William sumner - Answer-Writing that noted that people make distinctions between
members of their own group ( in and out group)
Helen zia - Answer-Successful journalist and community activist wrote about her
childhood who experienced blatant prejudice against Chinese Americans even though
she spoke English very well
Ex. Of Ethnic groups - Answer-Irish, italian, Jewish
Their race is white but their ethnicity is different
Racial group - Answer-This term is reserved for minorities and the corresponding
majorities that are socially set apart because of obvious physical differences.
Ethnic group - Answer-A group set apart from others because of its national origin or
distinctive cultural patterns.
Assimilation - Answer-The process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on
the characteristics of the dominant group.
Amalgamation - Answer-The process by which a dominant group and a subordinate
group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.
Pluralism - Answer-Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one
another's cultures, allowing minorities to express their own culture without experiencing
prejudice or hostility.
Segregation - Answer-The physical separation of two groups, often imposed on a
subordinate group by the dominant group.
Genocide - Answer-The deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
Black power - Answer-A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the
1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.
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