Race and Ethnicity
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What is race?

  • A political ideology
  • A social construct based on biological features (correct)
  • A biological reality
  • A cultural identity

    • What is the conflict regarding race?

  • Whether it is a cultural identity or not
  • Whether it should be defined or not (correct)
  • Whether it is a political ideology or not
  • Whether it is a biological reality or not

    • What is racialization?

  • The process of defining race
  • The process of creating different races
  • The process through which understanding of race is used to classify individuals (correct)
  • The process of eliminating race

    • Has racialization occurred only outside of Europe?

    <p>No, it has occurred within Europe as well</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ethnicity?

    <p>A form of social identity related to descent and cultural differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between race and ethnicity?

    <p>Two individuals may share the same race and be of different ethnicities &amp; vice versa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates ethnic groups?

    <p>Language, religion, ancestry, styles of dress, adornment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the history of ethnicity compared to race?

    <p>Ethnicity has a longer history than race</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Banton's view on race?

    <p>Race is imbedded in institutions and cannot be changed</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of racialization used for?

    <p>To classify individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Are racial differences innate?

    <p>No, they are learned</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between racial distinction and inequality?

    <p>Racial distinction serves to reproduce patterns of power and inequality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are some factors that differentiate ethnic groups?

    <p>Language, religion, and ancestry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is prejudice?

    <p>Preconceived ideas about an individual or group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is displacement?

    <p>When feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the melting pot model of ethnic integration?

    <p>The idea that ethnic groups should assimilate into the dominant culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?

    <p>A form of coercive labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is scapegoating?

    <p>Blaming an individual or social group for perceived wrongs that arise from socio-economic change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the conflict regarding race?

    <p>Those who believe race should be abandoned as an ideological construct and those who recognize its real-world effects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of minority ethnic groups?

    <p>Ethnic groups that are not necessarily in a numerical minority but face discrimination</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is race according to sociologists and governments?

    <p>A social construct based on biological features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is racialization?

    <p>The process through which race is used to classify individuals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ethnicity?

    <p>A form of social identity related to descent and cultural differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What differentiates ethnic groups?

    <p>Language, religion, ancestry, styles of dress, and adornment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is institutional racism?

    <p>The collective failure of organizations to provide services to people because of their color, culture, or ethnic origin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is prejudice?

    <p>Preconceived ideas about an individual or group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are stereotypes?

    <p>Fixed and inflexible characterizations of a group of people based on little or no evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is displacement?

    <p>When feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is scapegoating?

    <p>Blaming an individual or social group for perceived wrongs that arise from socio-economic change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the models of ethnic integration?

    <p>Resource allocation, assimilation, melting pot, cultural pluralism, and multiculturalism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of ethnic diversity?

    <p>It can greatly enrich societies but can also be fragile</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of assimilation?

    <p>The acceptance of a minority group by a majority population, in which the former adopts the values and norms of the dominant culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of ethnocentrism?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of multiculturalism?

    <p>The coexistence of numerous cultures within a given society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of closure?

    <p>The process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of critical race theory (CRT)?

    <p>A perspective on ethnic relations which begins from the premise that racism is embedded in legal systems and other social institutions and is the normal, everyday experience of many minority ethnic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three areas in which racism applies according to the text?

    <p>Work, housing, and the criminal justice system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of resource allocation?

    <p>How different social and material resources are shared out between and employed by social groups or other elements of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of melting pot?

    <p>A model of migration based on the idea that ethnic differences can be combined to create new patterns, with flourishing, diverse cultural sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of cultural pluralism?

    <p>The coexistence of numerous cultures within a given society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of ethnocentrism according to the text?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of closure according to the text?

    <p>The process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of critical race theory (CRT) according to the text?

    <p>A perspective on ethnic relations which begins from the premise that racism is embedded in legal systems and other social institutions and is the normal, everyday experience of many minority ethnic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of assimilation?

    <p>The acceptance of a minority group by a majority population, in which the former adopts the values and norms of the dominant culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of closure?

    <p>The process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of ethnocentrism?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of multiculturalism?

    <p>Adoption by the state of a policy encouraging and facilitating cultural pluralism, which allows all ethnic groups to share equally in economic and political life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of critical race theory (CRT)?

    <p>A perspective on ethnic relations which begins from the premise that racism is embedded in legal systems and other social institutions and is the normal, everyday experience of many minority ethnic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of resource allocation?

    <p>How different social and material resources are shared out between and employed by social groups or other elements of society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of melting pot?

    <p>A model of migration based on the idea that ethnic differences can be combined to create new patterns, with flourishing, diverse cultural sources</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of cultural pluralism?

    <p>The coexistence of numerous cultures within a given society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the area where racism applies according to studies?

    <p>Work, housing, and the criminal justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of closure in relation to ethnic relations?

    <p>The process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of differential racialization?

    <p>A perspective on ethnic relations which begins from the premise that racism is embedded in legal systems and other social institutions and is the normal, everyday experience of many minority ethnic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of ethnocentrism in relation to other cultures?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of assimilation?

    <p>The acceptance of a minority group by a majority population, in which the former adopts the values and norms of the dominant culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between cultural pluralism and multiculturalism?

    <p>Cultural pluralism refers to the coexistence of numerous cultures within a given society, while multiculturalism refers to the assimilation of minority groups into the dominant culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Melting Pot model of migration?

    <p>A model of migration based on the idea that ethnic differences can be combined to create new patterns, with flourishing, diverse cultural sources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is Critical Race Theory (CRT)?

    <p>A perspective on ethnic relations which begins from the premise that racism is embedded in legal systems and other social institutions and is the normal, everyday experience of many minority ethnic groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ethnocentrism?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is closure in the context of ethnic relations?

    <p>The process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are exclusion devices?

    <p>Devices that sharpen the divisions between one ethnic group and another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three areas in which racism applies according to studies?

    <p>Work, housing, and the criminal justice system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of resource allocation?

    <p>How different social and material resources are shared out between and employed by social groups or other elements of society.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between cultural pluralism and closure?

    <p>Cultural pluralism refers to the coexistence of numerous cultures within a given society, while closure refers to the process whereby groups maintain boundaries separating themselves from others.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between assimilation and multiculturalism?

    <p>Assimilation refers to the process in which a minority group adopts the values and norms of the dominant culture, while multiculturalism refers to the adoption by the state of a policy encouraging and facilitating cultural pluralism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of ethnocentrism?

    <p>Understanding the ideas or practices of another culture in terms of one’s own.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity

    • Race is a social construct based on biological features and has been defined multiple times by sociologists and governments.
    • There is a conflict between those who believe race should be abandoned as an ideological construct and those who recognize its real-world effects.
    • Racialization is the process through which race is used to classify individuals, and it is a determinant of stratification.
    • Ethnicity is a form of social identity related to descent and cultural differences and becomes active in certain social contexts.
    • Ethnic groups are differentiated by language, religion, ancestry, styles of dress, and adornment, and ethnicity is perceived as central or irrelevant in social unrest or conflict.
    • Colonialism and the Atlantic Slave Trade are examples of coercive labor and serfdom, and they have contributed to the development of racism and ethnicity.
    • Minority ethnic groups are not necessarily in a numerical minority and usually face disadvantage from the majority.
    • Racism is the attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited features, often skin color, and institutional racism is the collective failure of organizations to provide services to people because of their color, culture, or ethnic origin.
    • Prejudice is preconceived ideas about an individual or group, and stereotypes are fixed and inflexible characterizations of a group of people based on little or no evidence.
    • Displacement is when feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings, and scapegoating is blaming an individual or social group for perceived wrongs that arise from socio-economic change.
    • Models of ethnic integration include resource allocation, assimilation, melting pot, cultural pluralism, and multiculturalism.
    • Ethnic diversity can greatly enrich societies, but it can also be fragile, especially in the face of internal upheaval or external threat.

    Understanding Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity

    • Race is a social construct based on biological features and has been defined multiple times by sociologists and governments.
    • There is a conflict between those who believe race should be abandoned as an ideological construct and those who recognize its real-world effects.
    • Racialization is the process through which race is used to classify individuals, and it is a determinant of stratification.
    • Ethnicity is a form of social identity related to descent and cultural differences and becomes active in certain social contexts.
    • Ethnic groups are differentiated by language, religion, ancestry, styles of dress, and adornment, and ethnicity is perceived as central or irrelevant in social unrest or conflict.
    • Colonialism and the Atlantic Slave Trade are examples of coercive labor and serfdom, and they have contributed to the development of racism and ethnicity.
    • Minority ethnic groups are not necessarily in a numerical minority and usually face disadvantage from the majority.
    • Racism is the attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited features, often skin color, and institutional racism is the collective failure of organizations to provide services to people because of their color, culture, or ethnic origin.
    • Prejudice is preconceived ideas about an individual or group, and stereotypes are fixed and inflexible characterizations of a group of people based on little or no evidence.
    • Displacement is when feelings of hostility or anger are directed against objects that are not the real origin of those feelings, and scapegoating is blaming an individual or social group for perceived wrongs that arise from socio-economic change.
    • Models of ethnic integration include resource allocation, assimilation, melting pot, cultural pluralism, and multiculturalism.
    • Ethnic diversity can greatly enrich societies, but it can also be fragile, especially in the face of internal upheaval or external threat.

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