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In sports, calling a player of color a derogatory name, participating in racist chanting during a sporting event, and writing racist graffiti in a team's locker room are examples of ___________racism.


A) closed
B) overt
C) open
D) subtle

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______________discrimination consists of the day-to-day practices of organizations and institutions that have a harmful impact on members of subordinate groups.


A) Individual
B) Marginal
C) Institutional
D) Uniform

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______________analyze power and economic differentials between the dominant groups and subordinate groups in society.


A) Conflict theorists
B) Functionalists
C) Postmodern theorists
D) Symbolic interactionists

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Race has much more significance socially than it does biologically.

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___________is a set of attitudes, beliefs, and practices used to justify the superior treatment of one racial or ethnic group and the inferior treatment of another racial or ethnic group.


A) Profiling
B) Discrimination
C) Stereotyping
D) Racism

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______________is a process by which members of subordinate racial and ethnic groups become absorbed into the dominant culture.


A) Participation
B) Pluralism
C) Assimilation
D) Colonialism

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Discriminatory acts are always accompanied by prejudiced attitudes.

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According to sociologist Robert Blauner, groups that have been subjected to ______________remain in subordinate positions longer than groups that voluntarily migrated to the United States.


A) classic colonialism
B) structural segregation
C) internal colonialism
D) racial discrimination

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Equalitarian pluralism describes a situation in which ethnic groups coexist in equality with one another. This pattern is also referred to as______________ .


A) miscegenation
B) segregation
C) accommodation
D) compatibility

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A landlord refuses to rent to someone of a different race. This is an example of______________ discrimination.


A) uniform
B) institutional
C) standard
D) individual

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All forms of protest are considered acts of civil disobedience.

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Compare the racial and ethnic experiences of several Asian American groups.

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Personal beliefs that reflect larger societal mythologies, even when they are inaccurate, are ______________.


A) common values
B) sincere fictions
C) believed truths
D) actual realities

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Policies that prohibit overt, blatant forms of racial injustice may have little impact on the daily business-as-usual forms of racial discrimination.

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______________refers to actions or practices of dominant-group members (or their representatives) that have a harmful impact on members of a subordinate group.


A) Prejudice
B) Racism
C) Stereotyping
D) Discrimination

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Slavery continued in the South until 1863, when the practice was abolished by______________.


A) Jim Crow laws
B) the Emancipation Proclamation
C) the Bill of Rights
D) a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court

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Define de jure segregation and de facto segregation, and give an example of each.

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Segregation may be enforced by law. De j...

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The label "Hispanic" has not been fully accepted as an identity by Latinos/as living in the United States today.

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The sociological term for a group of people distinguished by others or by themselves, primarily on the basis of cultural characteristics or national origin, is ___________.


A) folk group
B) tribal group
C) race
D) ethnic group

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Describe how the African American experience in the United States has been unique when compared with the experiences of other groups.

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