RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION

Chapter 3 Quiz

(1) Whereas ____ means sorting humans into categories based on physical traits, _____ refers to differences of language, culture, and history.

A race; identity

B race; ethnicity

C ethnicity; race

D identity; ethnicity

(2) Interracial sex tends to whiten the population in _____, while in _____ the same process blackens the population.

A the United States; South Africa

B Brazil; the United States

C the United States; Brazil

D South Africa; Brazil

(3) What’s true of _____ is not necessarily true of ______. Facts about rural, white Ohio women’s average number of years (or level) of formal education may or may not be true of any particular woman in this group.

A groups; group identity

B individuals; their identity

C groups; individuals

D  individuals; group identity

(4) All of us are unique individuals. Diversity learning involves keeping a ____ focus: both on individual uniqueness and on facts about the social groups of which we are members.

A biased

B American

C Ohio

D dual

(5) The social reality of race is the ____ between more versus less powerful racialized groups.

A contradiction

B illusion

C relationship

D reality

(6) In sociological research, racial-ethnic “privilege” means the ____ advantage of one social group over others

A structural

B individual

C psychological

D biological

(7) _____: struggle for control over public policy relevant to personal identity (race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, citizenship, religion, age, etc.).

A identity politics

B democratic

C enculturated politics

D republican

(8) _____: prejudice and/or violence against Jews

A African Diaspora

B identity politics

C Destruction of the Indies

D anti-semitism

(9) ______: practical ways of managing strong emotions through self-awareness.

A social criticisms

B self-care strategies

C identity politics

D indexicalities

(10) _______: a commonsense system for racializing individuals as members of various racial groups.

A racial classification

B reflexivity

C identity politics

D whitening