Exam 10: Minority Groups and Us Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future

Women in more agrarian societies face especially formidable barriers to gender equality.

The paternalistic, oppressive systems used to control the labor of minority groups in the ______ system were abolished and replaced by competitive systems of group relations.

The idea that assimilation is a linear, inevitable process has tremendous support, according to the chapter text.

Group networks, which assist new immigrants in adjusting to their new country, no longer operate in the United States.

Assimilation in the United States has generally been a coercive and one-sided process described as Anglo-conformity.

Among Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans, the amount of assimilation may vary significantly, depending on newness of immigration, language skills, and to which generation they belong.

Dominant groups are often unaware of the systems of privilege they benefit from.

The creation of minority group status for African and Native Americans reflected the dynamics of ______.

According to the chapter text, racial minority groups, particularly African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Puerto Ricans, began to enter the urban working class after ______ had moved up the occupational structure, at a time when the supply of manual, unskilled jobs was dwindling.

Women of the dominant group as well as minority women have had equal access to leadership roles and high-status positions.

Which of the following is a benefit of urban space for LGBTQ communities?

The intersectionality perspective analyzes how multiple statuses link together and form ______.

According to the chapter text, ______ distinction between immigrant and colonized minority groups is fundamental, a distinction that helps clarify minority group situations centuries after the initial contact period.

The chapter text paraphrases the words of the historian Oscar Handlin (1951): "Once I thought to write a history of the minority groups in America. Then, I discovered that the minority groups were American history." Explain this statement and provide examples.

By the 1960s, the consensus that assimilation was the best solution and the most sensible goal for all of America's minority groups was shattered.

The ______ is an example of the significance of kinship and group cohesion for immigrant groups.

The diversity within a minority group is minimal in comparison to the diversity between the dominant group and a minority group.

In general, ______ groups are at a greater power disadvantage than ______ groups.

The ethnic enclave economy helped Cubans resist assimilation and therefore move closer to equality, unlike Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans.

Explain the significance of intersectionality and data disaggregation when studying the experiences of minority groups. What are the potential harms of one-size-fits-all narratives?