Chapter 11

Question 1

the use by law enforcement of race alone to determine whether to stop and detain someone.

Answer 1

Racial profiling

Question 2

the school of thought that race is not biologically identifiable.

Answer 2

Social construction of race

Question 3

a group of people who have less power than the dominant group.

Answer 3

subordinate group

Question 4

a theory that suggests that the dominant group will displace its unfocused aggression onto a subordinate group.

Answer 4

scapegoat theory

Question 5

the act of real estate agents agents directing prospective homeowners toward or away from certain neighborhoods based on their race.

Answer 5

racial steering

Question 6

the inter-generational impact of de facto and de jure racism, that limits the abilities of black people to accumulate wealth.

Answer 6

sedimentation of racial inequality

Question 7

the practice of routinely refusing mortgages for households and business located in predominately minority communities.

Answer 7

Redlining

Question 8

theory that suggests we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation and other attributes.

Answer 8

intersection theory

Question 9

the act of a dominant group forcing a subordinate group to leave a certain area or even the country

Answer 9

expulsion

Question 10

the ideal of the united states as a “salad bowl” a mixture of different cultures where each culture retains its own identity and yet adds to the “flavor” of the whole.

Answer 10

pluralism

Question 11

the process by which minority individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant culture.

Answer 11

assimilation

Question 12

the process by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group.

Answer 12

amalgamation

Question 13

the stereotype applied to a minority group that is seen as reaching higher educational, professional, and socioeconomic levels without protest against the majority establishment.

Answer 13

model minority