Week 10

Question 1

Amalgamation

Answer 1

The idea that ethnic differences can he combined to create new patterns of behaviour

Question 2

Pluralism

Answer 2

A model for ethnic relations by which all ethnic groups retain their independent and separate identities yet share equally in the rights and powers of citizenship

Question 3

Assimilation

Answer 3

The acceptance of a minority group by a major population 1 in which the new group takes on the values and norms of the dominant culture

Question 4

Oppression

Answer 4

Involves the exploitation of a minority group by excluding it from the equal participations in a society

Question 5

Extermination

Answer 5

Genicide

Question 6

Expulsion

Answer 6

Forced movement if people in their homeland

Question 7

Prejudice

Answer 7

A set of rigidly held attitudes, beliefs, and feelings towards members of another group

Question 8

Stereotypes

Answer 8

Unsubstantiated opinions learned through the normal process of enculturation

Question 9

Discrimination

Answer 9

Denial of opportunities and equal rights to a group member

Question 10

Glass ceiling

Answer 10

Invisible barrier blocking the promotion of qualified individuals in the work environment because of their gender, race, and ethnicity

Question 11

Tokenism

Answer 11

Policy or practice or making only a token or symbolic effort toward equality and integration without real change

Question 12

Nationalism

Answer 12

Ideology that has created a powerful bond aimed at unifying diverse people through patriotic emotions, using new symbols, myths and stories of common history

Question 13

Civil nationalism

Answer 13

The nation as a community of equal, rights bearing citizens, united in patriotic attachment to a shared set of political practices and values

Question 14

Ethnic nationalism

Answer 14

The nation is the home of people who possess a particular history, culture, language, ancestry, religion, customs, and traditions

Question 15

Ethnocentrism

Answer 15

Evaluation of other cultures according to standards of your own

Question 16

Middle status minorities

Answer 16

Neither major owners of property nor providers of labor power

Question 17

racialization

Answer 17

Certain groups of people are singled out because of real or imagined characteristics

Question 18

Benedict Anderson about nation

Answer 18

Nation is a socially constructed community, imaged by people who perceive themselves as a part of that group

Question 19

Nation state

Answer 19

Emerged as a political organization with sovereignty and recognizable boundaries defining membership and otherness

Question 20

Conflict perspective view on prejudice

Answer 20

View prejudice al a result of social conflict among competing groups
See racism as an ideological tool

Question 21

When does colonialism occur?

Answer 21

When members of an ethnic group are conquered, colonized, and forcefully placed under the control of the dominant group

Question 22

Split labor market…

Answer 22

Primary sector and secondary

Question 23

Primary

Answer 23

High paid, secure jobs

Question 24

Secondary

Answer 24

Low pay, nut secure

Question 25

What did the primary do to secondary

Answer 25

Racial discrimination to protect their jobs

Question 26

Functionalist on discrimination

Answer 26

Serves positive by maintaining hierarchy and reinforcing interests of powerful