Race and Ethnicity Actual Full Exam Questions With Correct Answers Success Guaranteed.
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race - correct answer -a socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people
-ex. white, black, asian
-no such thing as superior race
-social construction: 2,000 identify more than one race and have...
race - correct answer -a socially defined category based on real or perceived
biological differences between groups of people
-ex. white, black, asian
-no such thing as superior race
-social construction: 2,000 identify more than one race and have changing categories throughout time
ethnicity - correct answer -a socially defined category based on common
language, religion, nationality, history, or some other cultural factor
-ex. jewish, Irish, hispanic
-sociologists recognize multiple identities
social construction - correct answer -race is a social construction
-there is greater genetic diversity within racial populations than between them
-societies label physical differences that people consider important
-keep in mind the Thomas theorem
-powerful social construction
Thomas Theorem - correct answer -the idea that if people define situations as
real, they are real in their consequences
-unequal treatment will lead to unequal outcomes and justify the unfair ideas
racial categories in the 21st century America - correct answer -the US Census
Bureau is the governmental body responsible for counting people in the US and enumerating the
demographic aspects of the US population
-the first census was conducted in 1790
-racial categories have changed numerous times throughout the history of the census, showing how it is
a social construction
-2000: more than one race identification, can report as multiple races
, what is race (census)? - correct answer -the Census Bureau defines races as a
person's self-identification with one or more social groups. An individuals can report as white, black or
African American, asian, American Indian and Alaska native, native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander,
or some other race. survey respondents may report multiple races
-should there be a middle east racial category, would it marginalize them, may get more accurate
measurements
what is ethnicity (census) - correct answer ethnicity determines whether a
person is of hispanic origin or not. for this reason, ethnicity is broken out in two categories, hispanic or
latino and not hispanic or latino. hispanics may report as any race
what region of origin does census consider for each race category - correct answer
-white
-black or African American
-American Indian or Alaska native
-asian
-native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
minority group - correct answer a social group that is systematically denied
the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups though they are not
necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups
5 characteristics of racial/ethnic minority group - correct answer 1. unequal
treatment
2. physical or cultural traits
3. ascribed status
4. solidarity
4. in-group marriage
racism - correct answer -a set of beliefs about the claimed superiority of one
racial and ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences
among groups are genetic
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