Chapter 9 - Ethnicity & Race

Question 1

Ethnic Group

Answer 1

Members that share the same cultural heritage

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

A group of people perceived to be distinct due to their physical appearance.

Question 3

One-drop rule

Answer 3

The policy that if someone had ANY trace of black heritage, they were black legally.

Question 4

Privilege

Answer 4

Unearned advantages granted to a person due to their membership in a certain social group

Question 5

Prejudice

Answer 5

Irrational feelings toward members of a particular social group

Question 6

Discrimination

Answer 6

Treating certain groups better than others

Question 7

Racism

Answer 7

Treating certain groups better than others based on their race.

Question 8

Name all steps of the assimilation process:

Answer 8

1. Contact - groups meet
2. Conflict - groups compete for power
3. Accommodation - one group asserts dominance
4. Assimilation - minority groups embrace the ways of the dominant group and become accepted into it.

Question 9

Who rejected the theory of assimilation?

Answer 9

W. E. B. Du Bois

Question 10

Internal Colonialism

Answer 10

When one group exploits another in the process of obtaining resources and/or other economic value.

Question 11

Ethnocentrism

Answer 11

The idea that one’s culture is superior to other cultures.

Question 12

What are the types of social inequality?

Answer 12

1. Internal - based on people’s natural abilities
2. External - those forced upon people.

Question 13

Color-blind ideology

Answer 13

A way of viewing race that maintains that if we ignore race and racial issues, racism will not exist.
In effect, this actually supports racial inequality as racism is left unchecked.

Question 14

Racism Evasiveness

Answer 14

Ignoring issues of racism, allowing racism to operate unchecked.

Question 15

Microaggressions

Answer 15

Everyday slights aim at racial and ethnic minority groups, potentially causing real damage.