MIDTERM Flashcards
I have experienced heteronormativity in every known agent of socialization, whether that was my family with straight parents, and majority straight extended family. Heteronormativity was also reinforced at school, with boys liking girls, vice versa in the books that they read us, in the movies that they showed at school. Everything affirmed that a heterosexual relationship was the norm, or the end goal. A group of people who share the same national origin, language, and cultural and religious practices
Ethnicity
A group of people who share a set of characteristics (usually physical characteristics) deemed by society to be socially significant
Race
A group that has less power than the dominant population
minorities
Which of the following is considered socially constructed?
Race
After the end of slavery in the United States, Black Americans could only live in particular areas, work certain jobs, and do business with certain customers.
Segregation
When Cécile moved from France to America, she changed her name to Cecilia, gave her children American names, and started speaking only English.
Assimilation
In the 1800s, the Cherokee Indians lived in what is now the south-eastern United States. Little by little, the Cherokee people were forced off their land.
Expulsion
In Switzerland, four ethnic groups—French, Italians, Swiss Germans, and Romansh—maintain their distinct heritage and group identity in an atmosphere of mutual respect and social equality.
Cultural Pluralism
Which legal practice maintains racial residential segregation today?
Residential segregation based on income
Adam belongs to the majority ethnic group in his country. When he sees groups with less political power portrayed stereotypically in the media, it reinforces and legitimizes the existing power structures by suggesting that that some people are genetically inferior. Which sociological theory best explains Adam’s attitude?
Conflict perspective
Racism can be dysfunctional for some groups, while functional for other groups.
True
Which concept is described as an attribute that is deeply discrediting to an individual or a group because it overshadows other attributes and merits the individual or group may possess?
Stigma
Stephani has little exposure to people outside of her small home town and most of her viewpoints about other ethnic and racial groups are based on media representations. Because of these, she believes that all members of other races and ethnic are more violent than her own. What is the correct term for Stephani’s beliefs about these groups?
Stereotyping
______ are the largest group of Latinxs in the United States, accounting for over 60% of the population.
Mexican Americans
f current trends hold, the white population will constitute a numeric minority in the United States by about 2040.
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