Ethnic Cultures Final Exam

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What perspective on race and ethnicity tends to emphasize group tensions between the privileged and the exploited (those who control the power and those who want it)

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What perspective on race and ethnicity tends to emphasize group tensions between the privileged and the exploited (those who control the power and those who want it)

conflict perspective

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the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups which results from the normal operations of society is known as

institutional discrimination

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Any arbitrary police initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a person's behavior is known as __________

racial profiling

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Which term refers to the physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social functions?

segregation

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The development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups, is called ___________

pan-ethnicity

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The Hate Crime Statistics Act did what and what Act followed it that actually provided harsher penalties for hate crimes?

it also expands the federal govs authority to investigate and prosecute hate crimes to include bias motivated crimes based on the victims actual or perceived sexual orientation gender gender identity or disability

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Which of the following allows a minority group to express its own culture and still to participate without prejudice in the larger society?

pluralism

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xenophobia

fear of hatred of strangers

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chain immigration

an immigrant who sponsors several other immigrants who on their arrival may sponsor still more

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brain drain

immigration to the skilled workers professional and technicians who are desperately needed in their home country is known

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What theoretical perspective tends to emphasize how the multiple parts of society are structured to maintain its stability?

functionalist

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Exaggerated generalizations about the characteristics of members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group are known as __________

sterotypes

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The structured ranking of entire groups that perpetuates unequal rewards and power in a society is the definition for ____________

stratification

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Immigration to the of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed in their home country is known as ____________

brain drain

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What are ethnophaulisms?

ethnic or racial slurs including derisive nicknames

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According to its theorists, the culture of poverty involves what factors?

no future planning no enduring commitment to marriage no work ethic

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The use of race-neutral principles to defend the racially unequal status quo is called __________________

color blind racism

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What states that interracial interaction between people with equal status in cooperative circumstances will cause them to become less prejudiced and to abandon previously held stereotypes?

the contact hypothesis

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Civil religion is described or defined how?

religious dimension in american life that merges the state with sacred beliefs

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What defines a racial group?

set apart because of obvious and physical differences

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Affirmative action policies are aimed against what type of practices?

union nepotism

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Glass ceilings and walls in the work place refers to what issue of concern?

glass wall: barrier to moving laterally in a business to positions that are more likely to lead to upward mobility

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environmental justice

refers to the efforts to ensure that hazardous substances are controlled to so that all communities receive protection regardless of race or socioeconomic circumstance

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remiitances

monies that immigrants send back to their countries of origins

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This theory of prejudice explores the view that prejudice is influenced by societal norms and situations that encourage or discourage the tolerance of minorities.

normative theory

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The most visible expression of pluralism is ________________

language use

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How does the Self-fulfilling prophecy manifest in stereotyping?

the tendency to respond to and act on the basis of stereotypes a predisposition on that can lead one validate false definitions

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The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups based on test scores is called ______________

tracking

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Criminal offenses against persons due to their race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation are called _____________

hate crime

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Asking people their willingness to work with or participate in activities with people of different ethnic backgrounds measures their level of ________________

social dissonance

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The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others is known as __________________

ethnocentrism

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The Termination Act of 1953 did what to the Native American population?

most controversial gov policy toward reservation native americans in the 20th century policy proposed at that time was an attempt to give native americans greater autonomy and at the same time reduce federal expenditure services tribes received such as subsidized medical care and college scholarships

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What legislation ended slavery? (Chapter 6)

thirteenth amendment

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What rights did slaves have in America? (Chapter 6)

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The term yellow peril captured which of the following characterizations of Asian people?

heather morally inferior drug addicted savage lustful

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The program of deporting immigrants back to their native lands in the 1930's was known as ____________________

repatriation

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What is the most prominent religion of Hispanic Americans?

Catholicism

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People's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable living experiences are known as?

life chances

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Define the concept of the model minority.

when a group experiences prejudice and discrimination yet seems to have succeed economically socially and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with whites they are said to be

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What percentage of the American population is foreign born?

13%

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What percentage of Americans speak another language other than English in their homes?

one in five us residents 20%

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redllining

the pattern of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighnorhoods

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glass ceiling

the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership

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glass wall

keep them from moving laterally

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glass escalator

white male advantage experienced in occupations dominated by women

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What term describes the development of solidarity between ethic subgroups?

panethnicity

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What is antisemitism and how has it impacted the lives of the Jewish population historically?

anti jewish prejudice and discrimination

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what are the two largest religions

islam christianity

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orientalism

simplistic view of the people and history of the orient with no recognition of change over time

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the quran focuses strongly on the deeds of which prophet

muhammed

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What is the name of the movement effort by the indigenous people of Hawaii to secure a measure of self-government and restoration of their lands?

sovereignty movement

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Tiger mother

demanding mother who pushes child to suceed

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What key activity in the Jewish population identified as the final step of assimilation has led the Jewish community to lament?

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How would you characterize the Muslim faith in the U.S., percentage wise or racial makeup?

23%

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islamophobia

range of negative feelings toward muslims and their religion

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