Race

Question 1

Race is not a biological term

Answer 1

It is a social construct.

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

Identifying with each other based on common ancestry or heritage.

Question 3

Race is socially constructed on basis of biological traits.

Answer 3

Ethnicity is socialy constructed on the basis of cultural traits.

Question 4

Discrimination

Answer 4

An action, directed unfairly towards someone.

Question 5

Prejudice

Answer 5

Act of pre-judging someone usually in a negative way.

Question 6

Stereotype

Answer 6

An exaggerated description applied to every person of a category.

Question 7

Racism

Answer 7

Act based on the belief that one race is superior to others.

Question 8

Scapegoat Theory

Answer 8

Blaming a minority for your own mistakes that often results in feelings of prejudice toward the person or group that one is blaming.

Question 9

Authoritarian Personality Theory

Answer 9

Extreme prejudice to old conventional values. tend to conform to authority and believe that complete obedience to rules and regulations is completely necessary; any deviation from rules is to be treated harshly.

Question 10

Conflict Theory

Answer 10

Prejudice used as tool by powerful people to suppress others.
Fear is used as a factor.

Question 11

Individual prejudice and discrimination: one person discriminating against another.

Answer 11

Institutionalized prejudice and discrimination: a larger part of society’s fabric like schools, hospitals, workplace, etc.

Question 12

Prejudice and Discrimination : The Vicious Cycle

Answer 12

One reinforces the other. Even if it was not the case, the consequences satisfies the accusations.
It all starts with a stereotype.

Question 13

Pluralism

Answer 13

People of all races and ethnicities have equal social standing.

Question 14

Assimilation

Answer 14

Process by which minorities gradually adopt patterns of the dominant culture.

Question 15

Segregation: Physical and social separation of categories of people.

Answer 15

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Question 16

De jure segregation: segregation by law

De facto segregation: segregation by facts

Answer 16

Hyper segregation: Having little contact of any kind of people beyond your local community.

Question 17

Genocide

Answer 17

Systematic killing of one category of people by another category.
Eg: hitler, genghis khan, war betn indians and pakistanis.

Question 18

Native Americans

Answer 18

Genocide by white Americans.
During the 15th century, the population was 10 million.
Dark skin made them targets of prejudice and discrimination.

Question 19

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants

Answer 19

Of English ancestry.
Were the dominats.
Not subject to prejudice and discrimination.

Question 20

African Americans

Answer 20

Were enslaved.
Were denied basic human rights.
The 13th amendment outlawed slavery.
The 14th amendment granted citizenship to all born in the U.S.
The 15th amendment gave them right to vote.
People of African ancestry have struggled for social equality for 400 years.

Question 21

Jim Crow Laws: institutionalized discrimination that segregated US society into two racial castes.

Answer 21

Gains from 1950s and 1960s
National Civil Rights Movement
Black Power Movement: gave Afro Americans sense of pride and purpose.

Question 22

Asian Americans

Answer 22

Chinese Americans: immigration began in 1849 during gold rush.
They were enslaved to build the transcontinental railroad.
During 1882, for 20 men, 1 woman was allowed as to control the Chinese population.
By 1950s, many experienced social mobility upward.

Japanese Americans
Immigration began in 1860s
After Pearl Harbor, they faced critical backlash.
They were detained in military camps by Executive Order.
In 1944, the internment ended.
In 1988, the Congress awarded $20,000 to each victim as compensation.

Question 23

Hispanic Americans/ Latinos
No of people surpassed 35 millin 2000.
Surpassed African Americans by 12.3%

Answer 23

Puerto Ricans
Island became US possession after the Spanish-American war.
Became citizens in 1917.

Cuban Americans
400,000 Cubans fled to the US after Castro revolution in 1959.