Chapter 9-Race And Ethnicity

Question 1

Race

Answer 1

Biological differences that are defined as socially significant and are presumed to divide the pop. Into genetically distinct subgroups

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

Cultural differences between humans that are defined as socially significant and are presumed to separate the pop into socially distinct subgroups

Question 3

Contact hypothesis

Answer 3

Interracial contact between people of equal status will cause them to become less prejudiced and abandon old stereotypes

Question 4

Affirmative action

Answer 4

Active recruitment of minority group members for jobs, promotions, and durations potential

Question 5

Racial formation

Answer 5

Sociohistorical process in which racial categories are created, inhibited, transformed and destroyed

Question 6

Prejudice

Answer 6

Preconceived and unjustified judgement of individual based on their membership in a particular group

Question 7

Stereotyped

Answer 7

Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that don’t recognize individual difference within the group

Question 8

Implicit biases

Answer 8

Automatic and unconscious association of fake with a particular group or pop

Question 9

Discrimination

Answer 9

Denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other reasons

Question 10

Institutional discrimination

Answer 10

Denial of opportunities and equal rights to some people as part of the normal operation of society

Question 11

Racism

Answer 11

Belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior

Question 12

Color-blind racism

Answer 12

Uses principle of race neutrality to perpetuate a racially unequal status quo

Question 13

Hate crimes

Answer 13

Criminal offense committed because of an offenders bias against an individual based on race, religion, ethnicity, nation origin, or sexual orientation

Question 14

Racial profiling

Answer 14

Action by an authority initiated based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on someone’s behavior

Question 15

Minority group

Answer 15

Subordinate group whose members lack access to and control over valued resources in a society

Question 16

Genocide

Answer 16

Deliberate, systematic killing of entire people/nation

Question 17

Expulsion

Answer 17

Systematic removal of a group of people from a society

Question 18

Amalgamation

Answer 18

Process through which a majority and a minority group combine to form a new group

Question 19

Assimilation

Answer 19

Process by which a person forsakes their own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture

Question 20

Segregation

Answer 20

Physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social event

Question 21

Apartheid

Answer 21

Republic of South Africa form of segregation by restricting movement of Blacks and non-whites by means of widespreading system

Question 22

Pluralism

Answer 22

Mutual respect for one another’s culture amount the various groups in a society and allows minorities to express their own cultures without prejudice

Question 23

Black power

Answer 23

Political philosophy promoted in 1960s called for the creation of Black controlled political and economic institutions

Question 24

Symbolic ethnicity

Answer 24

Ethnic identity that emphasis concerns as ethic food/political issues rather than deeper ties to one’s ethnic heritage

Question 25

One drop rule

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Principle that if one person had even one black ancestor, no matter has many generations back, the person was labeled as black

Question 26

Passing

Answer 26

People whose genetic ancestry and family history convey membership in one racial category but are perceived to belong to another race in the eyes of others

Question 27

Elevate initiative

Answer 27

Program that helps Syrian refugee women in Jordan become entrepreneurs