Chat with AIExam 1: Exploring Race and Ethnicity
Rhea claims that the concept of race is socially constructed and does not actually contribute to the economic and social success that one attains. Which of the following statements supports her claim?
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Explain how race, ethnicity, religion, and gender constitute the basis for minority group status. What are other factors that are used to subordinate groups of people?
(36) VerifiedThe term racial group is reserved for minorities and the corresponding majorities that are socially set apart because of obvious physical differences. In the United States, skin color is one obvious difference. Other societies use skin color as a standard but may have a more elaborate system of classification. The designation of a racial group emphasizes physical differences as opposed to cultural distinctions. In the United States, minority races include Blacks, Native Americans (or American Indians), Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Arab Americans, Filipinos, Hawaiians, and other Asian peoples.
Ethnic minority groups are differentiated from the dominant group on the basis of cultural differences such as language, attitudes toward marriage and parenting, and food habits. Ethnic groups are groups set apart from others because of their national origin or distinctive cultural patterns. Ethnic groups in the United States include a grouping that we call Hispanics or Latinos, which, in turn, include Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and other Latin American residents of the United States.
Association with a religion other than the dominant faith is the third basis for minority-group status. In the United States, Protestants, as a group, outnumber members of all other religions. Roman Catholics form the largest minority religion. Religious minorities include groups such as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons), Jehovah's Witnesses, Amish, Muslims, and Buddhists. Cults or sects associated with practices such as animal sacrifice, doomsday prophecy, demon worship, or the use of snakes in a ritualistic fashion also constitute religious minorities.
Gender is another attribute that creates dominant and subordinate groups. Males are the social majority; females, although numerous, are relegated to the position of the social minority. Women encounter prejudice and discrimination and are physically distinguishable. Women who are members of racial and ethnic minorities face special challenges to achieving equality. They suffer from greater inequality because they belong to two separate minority groups: a racial or ethnic group plus a subordinate gender group.
Age, disability status, physical appearance, and sexual orientation are among the factors that are used to subordinate groups of people.
Studies by researchers Herrnstein and Murray on IQ showed that ________.
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Which of the following terms refers to the physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social functions?
(30) Based on the spectrum of intergroup relations, which of the following is the most acceptable type of relationship for racial and ethnic minorities?
(29) Which of the following terms refers to a group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns?
(47) Extermination differs from expulsion in that extermination is ________.
(45) Ethnicity, a criterion for classifying minority groups, refers to ________.
(37) _________ is the consequence of subordinate-group status represented by the equation A + B + C
(31) Emma claims that racial discrimination is beneficial to some groups in a society. Her friend, James, argues that racial behaviors are dysfunctional to all the people of a society. Whose argument is correct and why? Examine the following options and select the correct response.
(39) Why is race considered to be important in a society though it does not differentiate between humans biologically?
(28) Robert is a non-Hispanic White American. He is heterosexual, has good educational qualifications, and is a Roman Catholic. Robert also belongs to a minority group. Which of the following is a reason for his minority-group status?
(44) Which of the following is a function that racial beliefs have for dominant groups?
(24) Sociologists consider Jewish Americans as an ethnic group rather than as members of a religious faith because ________.
(26) Tsodirins, the minority group in the country of Renada, faced hardship and subordination because of the dominant group in that country. Unable to fight the dominant group, they began to migrate to a nearby country that mostly had people belonging to their ethnicity. This resulted in Tsodirins becoming a majority group. In this case, the Tsodirins changed from a minority group to a majority group through ________.
(41) The country of Izwe consists of various minorities belonging to many racial and ethnic groups. These groups joined together to rebel against the continued suppression of minorities by the dominant groups in Izwe. Due to their collective effort, the minorities were able to reduce the level of discrimination against them. The minorities were able to achieve this result due to the emergence of ________ among them.
(29) Opponents of the Afrocentric perspective argue that it ________.
(28) Research shows that differences in intelligence scores between Blacks and Whites are almost eliminated when ________.
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