Race and Ethnic Relations
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Course Introduction
Race and Ethnic Relations explores the social, historical, and cultural dynamics of race and ethnicity in diverse societies. The course examines key theories, concepts, and patterns of interaction among different racial and ethnic groups, with special attention to issues such as prejudice, discrimination, privilege, migration, and identity. Students analyze the impact of societal structures, policies, and institutions on race and ethnicity, and critically assess contemporary debates regarding multiculturalism, assimilation, and social justice. Through case studies and empirical research, the course encourages a deeper understanding of the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic inequalities, as well as strategies for fostering inclusion and equity.
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Racial and Ethnic Groups 14th Edition by Richard T. Schaefer
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Chapter 1: Exploring Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) The worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas is known as ________.
A) communization
B) privatization
C) globalization
D) nationalization
Answer: C
Q2) Pluralism implies that ________.
A) diverse groups in a society work toward adopting one homogeneous culture
B) the society aims at eliminating ethnic boundaries
C) various groups in a society have mutual respect for one another's cultures
D) subordinate groups need to embrace the dominant group's culture
Answer: C
Q3) William Ryan's phrase "blaming the victim" refers to ________.
A) the dominance of the minority group over the racial majority
B) the efforts undertaken by society to protect racial and ethnic minorities
C) criticisms made by dominant groups against the government
D) the portrayal of the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Prejudice
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Q1) Which of the following measures can prove to be effective in influencing reluctant liberals toward less discriminatory behavior?
A) equal-opportunity legislation
B) diversity workshop
C) public relations campaign
D) cross-cultural training
Answer: A
Q2) The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others is termed ________.
A) cultural relativism
B) ethnocentrism
C) prejudice
D) assimilation
Answer: B
Q3) The Bogardus scale was conceptualized to measure ________ empirically.
A) social distance
B) racial bias
C) gender inequality
D) economic disparity
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Discrimination
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Q1) In states that have been barred from using race explicitly in admissions, ________.
A) enrolment of White students has lowered
B) students from minority groups are performing better academically
C) there has been no change in minority enrollment rates
D) Black and Latino enrollment has dropped
Answer: D
Q2) An immigrant group has access to better opportunities and comforts than it had in its home country. However, in comparison with dominant groups in its present country, it feels underprivileged. In this case, the immigrant group is experiencing ________.
A) relative deprivation
B) self-stereotyping
C) community cohesion
D) absolute deprivation
Answer: A
Q3) ________ implies a fixed standard based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.
Answer: Absolute deprivation
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Chapter 4: Immigration
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Q1) According to the United Nations treaty on refugees, which of the following statements is true?
A) Countries are obliged to deport refugees who left their country for political reasons.
B) Countries are obliged to refrain from forcibly returning people to territories where their lives might be endangered.
C) Countries are obliged to forcibly return people to territories where their liberty might be endangered.
D) Countries are obliged to deport refugees who left their country for religious reasons.
Q2) According to which of the following perspectives, employers, by paying low wages to illegal immigrants, are able to produce goods and services that are profitable for industry and affordable to consumers?
A) conflict
B) interactionist
C) suffragist
D) functionalist
Q3) Which strategy was used to block immigration from Italy in the 1920s?
Q4) How does the environment affect global immigration?
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Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Religion
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Q1) According to the dominant Whites of New England, the Irish were once thought to be worse than freed Blacks because the Irish ________.
A) did not follow the Catholic church
B) accepted the behavior that was expected of them
C) had higher crime rates than others
D) did not suffer their maltreatment in silence
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of Italian Americans during the battle against Italy in World War II?
A) Some Italian Americans experienced hatred and violence.
B) Some Italian Americans were recruited by the federal government to specific offices by virtue of their ethnicity alone.
C) Italian Americans did not participate in the battle.
D) Italian Americans, who were citizens of Italy, were asked to guard an internment camp in Montana.
Q3) Which of the following religious groups is branched into Sunni and Shia?
A) Jews
B) Muslims
C) Buddhists
D) Hindus
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Chapter 6: Native Americans: the First Americans
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Q1) Gradually, the policies directed from Europe toward the indigenous peoples of North America resembled the approach described in the world systems theory. Which of the following was the most important to the Europeans?
A) the spiritual expression of the indigenous peoples
B) the land the indigenous peoples occupied
C) the sacramental use of peyote
D) the fishing and hunting practices of the indigenous peoples
Q2) In 1824, ________ was created to coordinate the government's relations with the tribes and to maintain peace and friendly relations along the frontier.
Q3) In the context of the Termination Act, the government orders on the Native Americans resulted in ________.
A) the tribes becoming autonomous
B) tribe members joining the federal services
C) major economic upheaval for the affected tribes
D) a strong bond between local government agencies and the tribes
Q4) Write a brief note on the federal government's role in supporting the sovereignty of American Indians.
Q5) Discuss the identity of Native Americans at a micro level.
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Chapter 7: African Americans
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Q1) Numerous riots broke out throughout the country with extreme violence against African Americans in the aftermath of ________.
A) Reconstruction
B) World War I
C) the Great Depression
D) World War II
Q2) Martin Luther King, Jr. advocated ________.
A) nonviolence
B) pluralism
C) separatism
D) self-fulfilling prophecy
Q3) ________ results from children being assigned to schools specifically to maintain racially separate schools.
A) Racial formation
B) Segmented assimilation
C) Relative deprivation
D) De jure segregation
Q4) Discuss the activism of A. Philip Randolph.
Q5) Describe the riff-raff theory and the alternative explanations for the urban riots.
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Chapter 8: African Americans Today
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Q1) ________ refers to a systematic interview of ordinary people that is carried out annually to reveal how much crime occurs.
A) Censoring
B) Victim discounting
C) Victimization survey
D) Redlining
Q2) For African Americans, the family reflects the legacy of ________.
A) high income
B) dependable assets
C) racism
D) low stability
Q3) According to Robert Hill of the National Urban League and Morgan State University, which of the following characteristics is typical of African American families?
A) a high social status
B) low achievement aspirations
C) a strong work orientation
D) rigid family roles
Q4) In theory, ________ are enacted to ensure that specific standards of housing construction will be satisfied.
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Chapter 9: Latinos: The Largest Minority
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Q1) Which of the following is true about the current picture of Cuban Americans?
A) Differences between Cuban Americans are eliminated as they follow a single Cuban American lifestyle.
B) The primary adjustment among South Florida's Cuban Americans has been more to Whites than to Latinos.
C) Cuban Americans have been able to immediately establish the kind of life they sought.
D) The relations between Miami's Cuban Americans and other groups have not been perfect.
Q2) The Democrats promoted policies that ________.
A) allowed those who immigrated illegally as children a path to permanent residency
B) encouraged self-deportation for those who immigrated illegally as children
C) encouraged immediate deportation upon detection of illegal immigrants
D) focused primarily on strict immigration laws with a motive to alienate Latinos
Q3) Discuss color gradient as a social construction of race. Provide examples that reflect the continuum of color gradient.
Q4) Discuss the trends in education among contemporary Latinos.
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Chapter 14: Jewish Americans: Quest to Maintain Identity
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Q1) The stereotype about Jews being obsessed with money can be explained by ________.
A) the countersignalling theory
B) the social comparison theory
C) the fringe-of-values theory
D) the world systems theory
Q2) Precise data are lacking for the number of people of Jewish background migrating recently to the United States. Which of the following is a reason behind this?
A) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services do not identify an immigrant's religion.
B) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services do not release information about immigrants' religions.
C) The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services receive false information from the immigrants about their religions.
D) The number of recent Jewish immigrants has been low enough to be negligible.
Q3) The state-sponsored persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators is known as ________.
Q4) Explain how Reform Judaism has altered Orthodox rituals.
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Chapter 15: Women: The Oppressed Majority
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Q1) Nancy works in the advertising department of her company. Even though her ad campaigns are the most successful in the firm, she has never been offered a managerial position. A number of younger, lesser talented men have, however, been promoted to managerial positions over her 30-year tenure. This is an example of ________.
A) reverse discrimination
B) the glass ceiling
C) the mommy track
D) sexual harassment
Q2) Which of the following statements is true of a functionalist view of gender roles in the society?
A) It denies the presence of a differentiation by sex.
B) It contends that the relationship between females and males has been one of unequal power.
C) It argues in favor of adults specializing in particular roles within families.
D) It debates that more flexible gender roles will lead to social stability.
Q3) What is the significance of the suffrage movement? How was it received by the society and what was its outcome?
Q4) ________ is the ideology that one sex is superior to the other.
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