Race and Ethnicity Flashcards
Traditionally, we thought of race and ethnicity as inherent elements of a person. This view is referred to as ________.
essentialism
Social construction is based on ________.
symbolic interactionism
“If [people] define situations as real, then they are real in their consequences.” This view is called ________.
the thomas principle
________ refers to an invisible package of unearned assets that can be used but about which you are meant to remain invisible.
invisible knapsack
A negative attitude towards someone based solely on their membership in a group is called ________.
prejudice
People categorised as “Indians” were first able to vote in Canada in ________.
1960
The authoritarian personality is characterised by ________.
a) tendency to use strict behaviour towards subordinates
b) a tendency to see the world in terms of good and evil
c) a tendency to strictly follow rules
d) a tendency to develop prejudicial attitudes
The doctrine that provides a political framework for the official promotion of cultural differences as an integral component of society is called ________.
Multiculturalism
The original ethnic groups to settle a previously unoccupied or newly conquered territory are called ________.
Charter groups
The idea that “the members of even the smallest nation will never know most of their fellow members, meet them, or even hear or them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion” is called ________.
imagined communities
T/F
Ethnicity is a social distinction based on perceived physical or biological characteristics
flase
T/F
The theory of social construction was developed by Berger and Luckmann.
TRUE
T/F
According to the study discussed in this chapter, the probability that you will be stopped by the police in Toronto is highly dependent on your race.
a) True
TRUE
T/F
In the Canadian census, you can list only one ethnic or racial category
FALSE
T/F
The concept of symbolic ethnicities was introduced by Benedict Anderson.
FALSE
