Exam 9: Recognizing the Importance of Race

A young Black man is killed by a police officer who thought the youth had a gun. How would someone use colorblind ideology to defend the police officer after accusations of racism occur?

Which description best characterizes the concept of race?

In 1945, an African American family tried to purchase a home in a minority neighborhood, but the federal government refused to insure the mortgage. This practice illustrates ______.

A minority family moves into a predominantly White neighborhood. Neighbors visit the family to see what they are like. One family ignores them completely. One family tells them they are welcome, while another petitions to push them out. One family visits and asks the family how they can afford the house on welfare. Which occurrence is an example of microaggression?

Research conducted by the Human Genome Project demonstrates ______.

A group of refugees from a nation in the midst of civil war have been given permission to emigrate from their country to another. Some members of this new country are ethnocentric. Under these conditions, the immigrants will likely ______.

Educational experiences tend to be similar along racial, ethnic, and class lines.

Discuss the impact of the Immigration Act of 1965.

An elderly man who identifies as Mexican recalls how the U.S. Census in 1940 categorized Mexican people as "white." This is an example of ______.

Stereotypes are generalizations about a particular group of people.

In Robert Park's four-step assimilation process, accommodation refers to when a group establishes dominance over another group.

White home seekers tend to have advantages over racial minority prospective buyers at every stage of the home-buying process.

Growing up in a rural area with little diversity, a young girl hears her family and friends discuss how poor African American women do not deserve government assistance, such as welfare, because it is their fault that they are poor. This young girl is learning stereotypes, prejudicial behavior, and discrimination through ______.

Japanese immigration was halted through the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907.

African Americans comprise the largest percentage of incarcerated Americans. This high proportion is most likely a result of ______.

What was the result of the Immigration Act of 1965?

According to Durkheim, industrial societies need all members to work in an occupation they enjoy and are good at in order for society to function efficiently. In a society where ______ exists, society at large is disadvantaged.

Racism requires prejudice and ______.

How do the experiences of American Indians today qualify as internal colonialism?

At the end of 2018, which group had the lowest unemployment rate?