Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity

Question 1

race

Answer 1

a socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people

Question 2

ethnicity

Answer 2

a socially defined category based on a common language, religion, nationality,
history or some other cultural factor

Question 3

chain migration

Answer 3

immigrants settle near friends and relatives

Question 4

ethnic enclaves

Answer 4

neighborhoods with high concentrations of particular ethnicity

Question 5

amalgamation

Answer 5

immigrants blend to become something altogether different

Question 6

assimilation

Answer 6

immigrants abandon their traditional culture to fit in

Question 7

segregation

Answer 7

immigrants kept apart from full participation in society

Question 8

pluralism

Answer 8

immigrants maintain and celebrates their cultural distinctiveness

Question 9

stereotype

Answer 9

a generalization about all members of a group

Question 10

minority

Answer 10

a category of people distinguished by physical or cultural differences that are set apart and subordinated in society

Question 11

discrimination

Answer 11

unequal treatment of a category of people

Question 12

institutional discrimination

Answer 12

bias inherent within a system or organization - not individuals
- racial profiling
- “red-lining” property
- implicit steering