Deck 6: Asians and Asian Americans

Question 1

Which is true of the relationship between Asians and diversity concerns?

A) Some Asians participated in the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
B) Asians experience employment discrimination along with other minority groups.
C) Asians attitudes toward affirmative action are more similar to those of other minority groups than to those of Whites.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

As a model minority, Asians do experience access discrimination, but not treatment discrimination.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first federal legislation to bar immigrants based on national origin.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Asian Americans' employment experiences

A) include access and treatment discrimination.
B) include encounters with the glass ceiling.
C) include being steered to jobs deemed appropriate for them.
D) are sometimes shaped by stereotypes and media representations.
E) All of the above.

Question 5

Asians who come to the U.S. are less likely to become naturalized citizens than immigrants from any other country.

Question 6

Regarding Asians' earnings

A) large numbers of Asians reside in cities having high costs of living and this reflects Asians earnings relative to other racial groups that are more geographically dispersed.
B) There are more Asians living in poverty than Whites.
C) Asians' high education levels contribute to their freedom from earnings discrimination.
D) All of the above.
E) A and B only above.

Question 7

Which of the following is true of Asian women at work in the U.S.?

A) Asian immigrant women are likely to work in family-owned businesses, computer manufacturing, or the garment industry.
B) They earn more than Asian men in the U.S.
C) They earn more than White women in the U.S. at all educational levels.
D) They are not exposed to the discrimination that usually results from being a double minority.

Question 8

In research on the effects of having an Asian (Chinese or Indian) or White name in selection decisions

A) Chinese applicants received the lowest suitability ratings.
B) because of their higher qualifications, White applicants were more likely to be chosen than Chinese or Indian applicants.
C) results were very different from results in the study that investigated the effects of having a Black-sounding name.
D) because of their higher qualifications, Chinese and Indian applicants were more likely to be chosen than White applicants.
E) Asian and White applicants received similar ratings of suitability.

Question 9

Immigration laws that affected Asians

A) included the Chinese Inclusion Act.
B) historically preferred Asians because of their strong work ethic and high education levels.
C) restricted immigration of minorities from other ethnic groups while allowing for immigration of Asians.
D) included a restriction that allowed 105 Chinese to enter the U.S. per year.

Question 10

Which of the following is true of White and Chinese railroad workers in the 1800s?

A) Chinese workers were paid more than White workers.
B) Labor market competition between White and Chinese workers fueled lynching of Chinese workers.
C) Federal legislation purposefully restricted entry of Chinese laborers into the U.S.
D) A, B, and C above are true.
E) B and C only are true.

Question 11

Regarding Asian Americans and education,

A) all Asian Americans are well-educated.
B) there are higher percentages of Asians with college degrees and higher percentages of Asians without high school degrees than Whites in both categories.
C) Asians resisted affirmative action at the University of Michigan.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 12

The majority of Japanese who were interned during World War II were U.S. citizens.

Question 13

Asian Americans have a bimodal distribution of educational attainment.

Question 14

Asians with college degrees earn about 13% less per year than Whites with college degrees.

Question 15

In terms of workforce participation and education, which of the following is not true?

A) Asian men are more likely to be participating in the workforce than men overall.
B) Asian women are more likely to be participating in the workforce than White women.
C) African American women participate in the workforce more than Asian women.
D) Asians are less likely to have completed high school than Whites.

Question 16

The portrayal of Asians as the "model minority"

A) encourages other minority groups and Whites to strive for success.
B) ignores differences among Asians and barriers they face.
C) demonstrates how unemployment, underemployment, and misemployment do not affect Asians.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 17

Regarding the internments of people believed to be a threat to national security during World War II,

A) about 50% of Japanese Americans were ordered to be interned.
B) about 40% of Germans and Italians were ordered to be interned.
C) people who had at least 1/8?? Japanese ancestry were included.
D) the U.S. government has refused to provide reparations (payments) for those who were interned.
E) All of the above.

Question 18

Which of the following is true of Asians?

A) Southeast Asians are more likely to have limited English proficiency than other Asians.
B) Some groups of Asians are more likely to be on public assistance (e.g., welfare) than some other minority group members.
C) Some discrimination against Asians occurs because of perceptions they have been too successful.
D) Perceptions of language barriers impede Asians' progress.
E) All of the above.

Question 19

Which of the following is true of Asian American entrepreneurs?

A) Asians are more likely to start their own businesses than other minority groups.
B) Many Asian-owned firms survive due to long hours and unpaid labor of family members.
C) Some Asians start their own businesses due to lack of opportunities elsewhere.
D) All of the above are true.
E) All of the above are untrue.

Question 20

Asians are over-represented in management in technical fields.

Question 21

As a minority group in the United Kingdom, Asians experience marginalization and unemployment.

Question 22

Filipinos were the first people of Asian descent to arrive in the U.S.

Question 23

In the 2005 Gallup Poll study Asian Americans reported experiencing less discrimination than Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites.

Question 24

Asian Americans are unlikely to experience the glass ceiling.

Question 25

Racial classifications in the U.S. census of people of Asian descent have changed multiple times.

Question 26

"Positive" stereotypes of Asian Americans may contribute to their overrepresentation in higher-level organizational positions.