Exam 13: The Future of Race Glossary References Index

When electing a minority to political office, minority constituents hope for _________, which refers to politicians that work to make the needs of their non-white constituents a priority.

This is when elected officials of color fail to advocate for policies that reflect the interests of their constituency and are generally out of touch with the needs and issues facing minority communities.

Sociologists George Yancey argues that the groups likely to become white in the next forty years are Latinos and Asian Americans. He argues that African Americas will not "become white" due to:

In Bonilla-Silva's triracial stratification system, a racial status hierarchy exists in which this group is at the bottom:

In the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in this, groups that espouse ideologies that favor people already in a country and are thus hostile to immigrants.

Describe current anti-immigrant legislation and the increase in punishment for people who violate immigration laws. How would the DREAM Act have influenced immigration law?

Black politicians are unlikely to win national campaigns, where winning a significant portion of the white vote is necessary, if they are perceived as affiliated with the Civil Rights Movement. This an example of:

How were U.S. immigration laws influenced by anti-Semitism? How did this impact Jewish immigration to the U.S. during World War II?

Minority groups need to generate more ___________, the organization and cultural resources necessary to get political systems to work in their favor.

Sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva presented the Latin Americanization thesis to explain the future of U.S. race relations, which argues:

As the largest racial/ethnic minority group in the country and with their high voting rates, Latinos are a sought after voting bloc.

Social scientists that study demographic trends are predicting some serious conflict in the political sphere in the near future regarding the intersection of which two trends:

What is a hate crime? What is the difference between ethnoviolence and hate crimes? Explain the increase in nativism and hate groups in recent decades.

Which historical governmental policy limited immigration to 2 percent of each nationality already residing in the U.S.:

Despite their demographic appeal, less than one-quarter of Latinos are registered voters in the U.S.

There was a decrease in hate crimes and hate group activity between 2011 and 2014, only to have them dramatically increase since 2015.

The following legislation, if passed, would have made the path to citizenship by undocumented migrants brought to the U.S. as children easier; their citizenship would have been granted upon their obtaining a college degree or through military service.

This movement is the push to right the historical wrong of slavery and to offer recompense for descendants of slaves.

According to Howard Ehrlich, this term refers to acts motivated by group prejudice with the intent to cause physical or psychological injury and include intimidation, harassment, property destruction, and physical attacks.

Which of the following is a legitimate reason for why there is such a low level of political participation among Latinos.