Deck 14: The Future of Ethnicity

Question 1

In the introductory paragraph to Chapter 14,the authors ask all of the following questions,? except:

A) Have 1st and 2nd stream White ethnics been absorbed into the mainstream?
B) Will White ethnics of the 3rd stream follow the same pattern of the 1st and 2nd stream?
C) Will non-White ethnics of the 3rd stream follow the same pattern of the 1st and 2nd ? stream?
D) Will some form of pluralism be accepted by all groups, including Whites?

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The authors state that Mexican and Puerto Rican Americans show an attraction to:

A) transnationalism.
B) mononationalism.
C) Americanism.
D) Hispanism.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A group that is subordinate and focuses on continuing to stay together as a unit is referred to ? as a:

A) pluralized relationship to dominant.
B) colonized relationship to dominant.
C) centrifugal relationship to dominant.
D) centripetal relationship to dominant.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The main criticisms of the colonial model rest on efforts to show all the following,except:

A) Some non-White groups have achieved high levels of assimilation.
B) The recent experiences of Mexicans resemble those of second-stream European ? immigrants.
C) The recent experiences of Blacks resemble those of second-stream European immigrants.
D) The recent experiences of Japanese resemble those of second-stream European ? immigrants.

Question 5

Bobo,Kluegel,and Smith refer to the fact that White people underestimate the importance of ? the status of being White in American society as:

A) White ignorance.
B) White privilege.
C) laissez-faire racism.
D) laissez-faire ethnogenesis.

Question 6

The authors explain that assimilation by its very nature is:

A) one-sided.
B) unidirectional, ignoring the core.
C) multi-directional, influencing the core.
D) multi-directional, ignoring the core.

Question 7

Alba and Nee (1997) found that "there is abundant evidence that assimilation has been the ________ among the descendants of the immigrants...who mainly came from Europe...before ?1930."

A) bain of failure
B) bain of taunting
C) slave trend
D) master trend

Question 8

Gans argued that as the functions of ethnic cultures and groups diminish,________ ethnicity ? becomes the primary way of being ethnic.

A) symbolic
B) temporary
C) substitutive
D) additive

Question 9

The American "core society" is much more ________ than in the past.

A) Anglo
B) Asiatic
C) homogeneous
D) diverse

Question 10

The authors claim that the once-colonized American ethnic groups have gone from being ? centrifugal to:

A) recolonized.
B) redominated.
C) centripetal.
D) centrifugal.

Question 11

Which period of immigrants have merged so highly with the American core that they would ? be considered completely assimilated?

A) colonial
B) first-stream
C) second-stream
D) third-stream

Question 12

According to the authors,boundaries of racial and ethnic groups that are accepted at any given ? time may be:

A) firmly set.
B) altered.
C) unalterable.
D) irreparable.

Question 13

When subordinate group members try to find mutually satisfactory ways to bring dominant ? and subordinate groups together it is referred to as a:

A) pluralized relationship to dominant.
B) colonized relationship to dominant.
C) centrifugal relationship to dominant.
D) centripetal relationship to dominant.

Question 14

According to the authors,________ of the American ethnic groups have reached full Anglo ? conformity.

A) nearly all
B) not a single one
C) every single one
D) very few, if any

Question 15

The immigrant model ________ deny the validity of the colonial model in some instances.

A) doesn't
B) does
C) tries to
D) tries not to

Question 16

According to Ignatiev,Irish became "White" by:

A) first acting Black.
B) distinguishing themselves from Blacks.
C) first acting Mexican.
D) distinguishing themselves from Mexicans.

Question 17

According to the authors,White people are rarely forced to think about:

A) White ethnicity.
B) White legal definitions.
C) White traditional heritage.
D) White forfeited cultures.

Question 18

Greely (1985) referred to the speed with which the second-stream Europeans have assimilated ? culturally and in the secondary arena as a/an:

A) sad discourse on human existence.
B) sad discourse on U.S. assimilation.
C) ethnic miracle.
D) ethnic disaster.

Question 19

If a small society X is invaded and overpowered by outsiders from society Z,and society X is ? taken into Z society as an entire unit,then X becomes a:

A) pluralized group.
B) colonized group.
C) enslaved group.
D) centripetal group.

Question 20

The authors argue that most in the United States have:

A) multiple marriage partners.
B) multiple ethnic origins.
C) multiple languages spoken.
D) multiple intra-country travels.

Question 21

The authors discuss all of the following countries which are having race relations problems,? except:

A) South Africa.
B) Germany.
C) Sweden.
D) Canada.

Question 22

With all due respect to "Garveyism," we may say that during most of the past century,Blacks ? have been divided between Anglo conformity and:

A) cultural pluralism.
B) cultural homogeneity.
C) Garveyism.
D) separatism.

Question 23

The complexity of U.S.society has made it extremely difficult for ethnic groups to maintain or ? ________ a centrifugal relationship with the majority.

A) organize
B) suppress
C) revive
D) resist

Question 24

Early court ruling found some ethnic group members to be non-White.

Question 25

Walters (1990) argued that symbolic ethnicity had "died" for Whites in the United States.

Question 26

Most Blacks in the northern cities have not been there more than three generations.

Question 27

Estimates of bilingualism among second- and third- generation immigrants are probably:

A) underestimated.
B) understated.
C) overstated.
D) uncounted.

Question 28

The idea to choose only one race and give up all others is no longer the only option in the ? United States.

Question 29

A continuing and pressing problem is the failure to afford ________ for secondary assimilation ? to every American who wishes it.

A) the American Dream
B) access to military enlistment
C) disparate opportunity
D) equal opportunity

Question 30

Laissez-faire racism is commonly ascribed to non-Whites.

Question 31

A sizable portion of the U.S.population does not want their children to attend schools with:

A) Asians.
B) Hispanics.
C) Polynesians.
D) Blacks.

Question 32

Most early colonial immigrant groups took exactly three generations to assimilate.

Question 33

According to recent studies,who receives the highest income in Brazil?

A) Whites
B) Blacks
C) mulattos
D) immigrants

Question 34

First generation Blacks feel pressure to identify themselves:

A) "only as Blacks."
B) "only as immigrants."
C) "as real Americans."
D) "as equal to other Blacks."

Question 35

The cases of the Irish and Italians illustrates that the concept of race is not fixed by nature.

Question 36

The basic faith of the cultural pluralists is that consensus on the principles of American economic and political life does not require a/an ________ to the will of the dominant group.

A) capitulation
B) adaptation
C) configuration
D) confirmation

Question 37

Italians were great candidates for Anglo-conformity assimilation in the United States.

Question 38

In a June 7,1999 Newsweek survey,Blacks felt that it was impossible to feel truly ________ in ? America.

A) safe
B) accepted
C) free
D) equal

Question 39

Ethnogenesis is not a possibility for first-generation immigrants' descendants.

Question 40

Many American immigrant groups have at least a nominal level of ethnic identity.

Question 41

Most Indian tribes have resisted assimilation only in the last century.

Question 42

Relationships between dominant and subordinate groups at the time the relationship forms fix ? the relationship forever.

Question 43

The condition of conquest is most important in the alternate view,not the conquest itself.

Question 44

In the alternate view provided by the authors,the issue is really certainties not probabilities.

Question 45

Provide three evidences that interracial relations are NOT fixed over time.

Question 46

Discuss the concept of White ethnicity and contrast it to Native American ethnicity.Why ? might Whites ignore the status of race?

Question 47

Briefly summarize the alternate view,contrasting it to immigrant and colonial views.

Question 48

Make the argument that symbolic ethnicity is common for many diverse ethnic group ? members.Use evidence from the text.

Question 49

African Americans were a colonized minority that formed a centrifugal relationship with the ? dominant White group.

Question 50

Support the claim that cultural pluralism is common among U.S.ethnic groups.

Question 51

Pan-ethnic identities weaken ethnic groups' collective power.

Question 52

Discuss the possibility that immigrant youth might be more attracted to inner-city,? low-income culture rather than middle-class culture.

Question 53

Serbs set out on a campaign of Albanian ethnic cleansing.

Question 54

Most U.S.Asian groups are English dominant as adults.

Question 55

South Africa has had a major influx of immigrants.

Question 56

Contrast and compare the colonization experiences of Mexican,Puerto Rican,and Native ? American groups and how their circumstances at the time of colonization varied from one ? another.

Question 57

In the alternate view provided by the authors,they combine elements of immigrant and ? colonial models.

Question 58

African Americans came to accept cultural pluralism ideas after the 1960s.

Question 59

List the pros and cons of the United States having a true culturally pluralist society.

Question 60

The immigrant ethnics are less likely than the colonized ethnics to resent the dominant group.

Question 61

Briefly explain why ethnicity is still present among ethnic group members after numerous ? generations of living in the United States.

Question 62

How is being White associated with either privilege or the lack thereof? Use specific examples ? to support your claim.