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

Compare and contrast assimilation and pluralism. Provide an example of each.

There is no clear biological or genetic difference between different racial groups.

Ideological racism is one's insistence that one is not prejudiced or racist.

Assimilation is more likely to occur when the minority group is culturally similar to the dominant group.

According to Stanley Lieberson's research on the unequal levels of success different immigrant groups have attained in the United States, one primary factor contributing to the group's success is:

Which of the following is a necessity to have pluralism in a society?

A _________ is a requirement that employers must hire a certain percentage of minorities.

Displaced aggression involves hostilities directed toward individuals or groups other than the dominant group.

The global human rights movement is a macro-level policy directed at improving dominant and minority group relations worldwide.

The often forced removal of a minority group from a region or country is:

A(n) __________ is a group within the human species that is identified by a society as presumably having certain biologically inherited physical characteristics.

Cultural beliefs, including prejudice and discrimination, are passed on from generation to generation through cultural transmission.

When minority group members internalize prejudiced views about their group and allow these beliefs to shape their behavior, it creates a:

According to most sociologists, race is a social construct that can change with conditions in a country.

The definition of blackness in the United States has always been that an individual is black if at least one or more of the person's parents is black.

In strict affirmative action policies, after making an effort to seek a diverse applicant pool, employers are expected to hire the most qualified candidate who applies for the position.

The term minority group is used to denote that a group is the statistical minority in a society or culture.

Compare and contrast the functions and dysfunctions of having minority and dominant groups in society. Include the key assumptions of the structural-functionalists and conflict theorists in regards to race relations, and a discussion of the labor market.

Which of the following is a function of a ready labor force, according to structural-functional theorists?

According to the text, symbolic racism allows institutional racism to remain in place.