Deck 5: Discrimination

Question 1

Alejandro lives in an inner-city neighborhood that is almost exclusively Hispanic. His neighborhood schools are also almost exclusively Hispanic. Alejandro's neighborhood and adjacent schools exemplify _____________.

A) de facto segregation
B) de jure segregation
C) affirmative action
D) ethnoviolence

Answer 1

de facto segregation

Question 2

According to Robert Merton,

A) prejudice always results in discrimination.
B) group norms can force people to act against their personal values.
C) prejudice is decreasing.
D) all people hold significant prejudices.

Answer 2

group norms can force people to act against their personal values.

Question 3

An employer who strongly dislikes a racial group but hires them anyway because of legal and social pressures, typifies the

A) unprejudiced nondiscriminator.
B) unprejudiced discriminator.
C) prejudiced nondiscriminator.
D) prejudiced discriminator.

Answer 3

prejudiced nondiscriminator.

Question 4

Alfred had no prejudices toward blacks, but when his friends make derogatory comments to black kids he does nothing to stop them. Alfred is a(n)

A) unprejudiced nondiscriminator.
B) unprejudiced discriminator.
C) prejudiced nondiscriminator.
D) prejudiced discriminator.

Question 5

Affirmative action originated with an executive order by President ____________.

A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Richard M. Nixon
D) Ronald Reagan

Question 6

Evidence about the success of affirmative action programs

A) is clearly positive.
B) is clearly negative.
C) is mixed.
D) has not yet been found.

Question 7

The term "driving while black" refers to

A) affirmative action.
B) de facto segregation.
C) de jure segregation.
D) racial profiling.

Question 8

Define discrimination, explaining and illustrating its five levels.

Question 9

Robert Merton explained the relationships between prejudice and discrimination by discussing four different classifications. Name, describe, and give an example of each of these classifications.

Question 10

Compare and contrast individual and institutional discrimination. Provide examples of each. Which is more harmful and why?