Exam 8: Race and Ethnic Group Stratefication: Beyond We and They

According to frustration-aggression theory, many of the perpetrators of racist acts feel angry because they cannot achieve their work or other goals.

Keala, a Native Hawaiian, was admitted to a prestigious university even though his SAT scores, GPA, and letters of recommendation were not strong enough to warrant his admission. Keala was admitted based on a preference policy with a bias in favor of Native Hawaiians.

A common aspect of symbolic racism is the claim to be colorblind.

Split labor market theory is a branch of the structural-functionalist perspective.

Before the civil rights laws were passed in the United States in the 1960s, a number of states had __________ laws that spelled out differential treatment for racial groups.

Racial groups are defined by the same characteristics as ethnic groups.

Today slavery only exists in poor countries.

List and discuss the five factors that characterize minority groups and their relations with dominant groups in society. Provide examples.

Minority groups in the United States have, on average, significantly lower net worth than white Americans even when the two have similar education, income, and occupations. Sociologists attribute the wealth gap largely to housing policies that excluded minority individuals from home ownership. This is an example of __________ discrimination.

Describe how the definition of the term race originated. How has the term changed over time? In your essay, also discuss how race has evolved as a social construction. Finally, discuss how race is embedded with social class.

Someone with dual citizenship is unlikely to experience transnationalism.

When the Serbian army massacred Bosnian civilians while conducting "ethnic cleansing," they were participating in this type of group relation, where the dominant group makes a systematic effort to destroy a minority group:

__________ occurs when a minority group is blamed for others' failures and shortcomings.

The existence of a sector of "clean" jobs and a sector of "dirty" jobs is the key assumption of which theory of group relations?

Jim Crow laws in mid-1900s America are examples of __________ discrimination.

African American men in the United States have equal earning levels to white men with similar occupations.

The courts have largely upheld quota systems when challenged.

The forced movement of Native Americans to reservations in the United States is an example of pluralism.

Institutional discrimination cannot exist in the normal or routine ways an organization operates.

Compare and contrast side-effect and past-in-present discrimination. Provide an example of each.