Exam 8: Race and Ethnicity: Defining Ourselves and Others

Joseph,his four siblings,his parents,and his grandparents share a home.Joseph and his family have recently moved to the city from an Indigenous reserve in northern Manitoba.According to the text,why might this family choose to live as an extended family?

Very strict parenting can be lead to rebellion,aggression,lower grades in school,and substance use.

Juan's parents were born in Mexico but he was born in Canada.At home he is expected to speak Spanish and to observe Mexican customs and holidays.Which term best describes his orientation?

Racism is part of Canada's history and current circumstances.

Which statement best describes population transfer?

Describe how residential schools devastated the Indigenous community.

Which statement best reflects the difference between the term "minority" and "visible minority"?

What label is given to the pattern of adaptation used by immigrant youth who identify primarily with their new,national culture?

Which term refers to "the process by which racial categories are constructed as different and unequal in ways that have social,economic,and political consequences"?

According to the text,what type of immigrant needs to be sponsored by close relatives who have already immigrated to Canada?

Which term refers to a system of classification based on physical differences that are seen as essential and permanent?

How do the experiences of Indigenous people in Canada illustrate the relationship which exists between colonization and assimilation?

In Canada,what is the most common mother tongue?

The school board abolished an old regulation that no students from Country X would be admitted.The regulation had been put in place because the board had believed at the time that people from Country X were less intelligent and unable to achieve appropriate academic standards.What was the rule an example of?

How can ethnic identification influence family life in Canada? Use examples to support your answer.

Which of the following demonstrates how institutional racism normally manifests itself?

Tarik's parents encouraged him to participate in activities in their Bosnian community in Canada,but he refused,telling his parents that he was "Canadian." Five years later,however,he became active in the community,volunteered at a Bosnian cultural centre,and called himself "Bosnian." What does this case study demonstrate?

In Canada,the most commonly reported non-English,non-French mother tongue is the Chinese languages.

Which statement best describes the role of the cognitive and affective components with respect to prejudice?

What term do sociologists use for the group whose members are disadvantaged and subjected to unequal treatment by the dominant group,because of physical or cultural characteristics,and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination?