Exam 10: The Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity

Justen has been learning about Día de los Muertos and decides to travel to Mexico to experience it and buy souvenirs of his experience.This is an example of the commercialization of race.

Which statement regarding individual and institutional discrimination is TRUE?

Raina decides to spray-paint racial slurs on her neighbor's car because she believes it is fun and enjoyable to do so.This is an example of a criminal-materialist motive.

The murder of large numbers of American Indians by the white settlers in the period of westward expansion is an example of genocide.

Who defined minority and majority groups in terms of wealth,power,and prestige?

Menthol cigarettes were deliberately marketed to African Americans and,as a result,about 90% of Black smokers smoke menthol over unflavored cigarettes.

Discuss institutional racism and provide an example (the example can be hypothetical).Differentiate individual racism from institutional racism.Can institutional racism happen when an individual is NOT racist?

A racial group is defined primarily by cultural characteristics.

Prejudice is an attitude and discrimination is an action.

The U.S.Census Bureau has estimated that in 2044,the non-Hispanic White population will be in the minority when compared to the combined nonwhite population groups.Non-Hispanic Whites will still be the largest single category in the U.S.,however.What is this is called?

Recently,members of a gang decided to write negative racial slurs all over a rival gang's territory just for the fun of it.This is an example of which racial motive?

When majority group members who occupy lower levels in the hierarchy sense that their superiors expect them to behave in a racist manner,they are operating from which of these?

Because women constitute 51% of the population they are categorized as a majority group.

When Lanetta,who migrated from Burma,began speaking English exclusively and socializing only with U.S.students she was exhibiting assimilation.

What is the term for defining a minority group as a race and then attributing negative characteristics to it?

Many tourists are attracted to attend a luau when they visit Hawaii.This is an example of which of these?

Which of these refers to the dispersal,typically involuntary,of a racial or ethnic population from its traditional homeland and over a wide geographic area?

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,folk ideas about race were supplemented with ______ justifications for treating people of other races differently.

Historically,segregation was mandated by law in the U.S.

Racism involves defining a majority group as a race and attributing negative characteristics to that group.