Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

The lines between racial and ethnic groups are:

Ethnic cleansing is defined as the establishment by the minority group of policies that allow or require the forcible removal of people of another racial group.

When a set of ideas that reflects the point of view of a white person is accepted as the taken for granted understanding of how to interpret culture, it is referred to as:

African Americans and Asians are defined primarily as a(n):

New Mexico and Texas are two states which have a majority-minority population.

When hospitals give preferential treatment to whites as opposed to members of minority groups, this is referred to as:

Perhaps ironically, more recent Hispanic immigrants often perform better in school than those who have been here longer. This is called:

A racial group is defined primarily by physical characteristics, whereas an ethnic group is defined primarily by cultural characteristics.

Many tourists are attracted to attend a luau when they visit Hawaii. This is an example of:

Recently, a black family moved into an all-white neighborhood. The whites who lived in the neighborhood wanted the black family to leave so they began to harass them on a daily basis. This is an example of ______________________ motive.

When Latinos and blacks are portrayed in violent video games as criminals and members of gangs, this is an example of _________________:

Which of these are included as factors related to lower educational attainment for black students?

According to the science of race, how many races are there?

During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, folk ideas about race were supplemented with _____________ justifications for treating people of other races differently.

The Holocaust is an example of ___________________. a. assimilation b. genocide c. amalgamation d. segregation

Institutional discrimination can be found within the educational and health care systems.

Neo-Nazis and the Klu Klux Klan are examples of __________________.

Diaspora refers to the dispersal, typically involuntary, of a racial or ethnic group from its traditional homeland.

While historical explanations of race favored __________ explanations, contemporary explanations of race tend to base explanations on ___________.

People who are French would be considered an ethnic group.