Exam 3: Today: Remaking Race and Ethnicity

What does the term "adult-centric" mean?

Describe the historical trends and current data on racial residential segregation in the U.S.

Which term describes the measurement of segregation that is the proportion of one group that would need to change subunits to achieve perfect integration within the larger area?

Discuss what the policy of "Mexicanize the Indian" means. Can you think of similar processes that occurred in the U.S.?

In their research on diverse religious organizations, Christerson and Emerson find that the costs of diversity are born disproportionately by which group?

Recent discussions of housing discrimination trends have pointed to the possibility that discrimination may be a "moving target" and that old exclusionary practices have become too recognizable. Why might this be? What factors might contribute to these changes?

Piaget's theories of cognitive development emphasize which of the following?

In the past three decades the adult correctional population in the U.S. has followed which trend?

Why do you think it is so challenging for researchers to study neighborhood preferences? In what ways do you think Lewis, Emerson, and Klineberg's study addresses these challenges? In what ways does their study still leave unanswered questions?

Discuss how the context of the city of Houston mattered to the research conducted by Lewis, Emerson, and Klineberg. Choose another city and discuss how the context of that city would compare to Houston. How might the results of a research study conducted in that city differ from the results of the research in Houston?

Chiteji argues that scholars should use which measure to better understand the impact of family resources on children's life chances?

Describe the ways in which artists and intellectuals attempted to make the vision of a unified, mestizo-based society in Mexico a reality during the 1940s and early 1950s. What were the results of these efforts?

Describe how housing audit studies are uniquely positioned to study the role of discrimination in continuing racial residential segregation. What have we learned from these studies? What are these studies not able to tell us?

Jiménez and Horowitz find that stereotypes assigned to Cupertino whites closely align with stereotypes about ethnoracial minorities in other settings. Why is this? What can we learn about how social norms about academic achievement operate through this study?

Which term describes U.S.-born individuals of U.S.-born parents?

Think of a volunteer or religious organization that you have been or are currently connected to, and describe the demographics of that organization. Is that something you've ever thought about before? Why or why not?

Bonilla-Silva predicts multiple consequences for race relations in the U.S. if the tri-racial stratification system takes hold. Which of the following is NOT one of these predicted consequences?

Explain what Bonilla-Silva means by the emerging tri-racial stratification system in the U.S. In your answer describe the three categories, discuss the historical context of the emergence of these categories, and describe the implications of this system.

In their research on diverse religious organizations, Christerson and Emerson find that the social ties of members atypical of the dominant ethnic group follow which pattern?

Research on neighborhood preferences addresses the question "to what extent are 'racial' preferences actually a measure of racial as opposed to class preferences?" What other social dynamics aside from neighborhood preferences might be impacted by the connection between race and class?