Exam 10: The Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity

While historical explanations of race favored ______ explanations,contemporary explanations of race tend to be based on ______.

Prejudice is a(n)______,whereas discrimination is a(n)______.

According to the hypodescent rule,which of these is TRUE?

Asians and Blacks are the two groups least likely to complete a bachelor's degree.

While races and ethnic groups have been defined separately,the lines between them are NOT always clear.

Hitler was an example of someone who used ideological motives to sway the German people that the Jewish population was inferior to the Aryan race.

Which of these is defined based on some real or presumed cultural characteristic,such as language or religion?

When a set of ideas that reflects the point of view of a white person is accepted as the taken-for-granted understanding of how to interpret culture,it is referred to as which of these?

When immigrants come to the U.S.,many of them feel compelled to give up their native language to learn English.This is an example of which of these?

The "separate but equal" doctrine of segregation was overturned in the famous ______ ruling of 1954.

The stereotype of Black men as dangerous criminals has persisted since slavery.

According to the chapter text,who is most likely to rely on Social Security benefits?

That Barack Obama could be seen as black even though he had a white mother is a legacy of the hypodescent rule.

How old is the concept of race?

To show genetically based racial differences in intelligence in the early 1900s,what test was used?

Juan and Jessica are emergency room nurses.Within 5 years,Juan has been promoted twice and has doubled his salary.His boss,when interviewed,believes that Juan is more capable at the job than Jessica because he is male.This is an example of which concept?

What percentage of Hispanics in the U.S.are characterized as "poor?"

Gregor Mendel's work on genetics and heredity during the nineteenth century led to which of these ideas?

What is the name of the movement that notoriously argued for genetic improvements to the human population through scientific manipulation?

During World War II,between 200,000 and 600,000 Gypsies died in Nazi concentration camps.