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| a social idea that has been given meaning, physical appearance |
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| A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group |
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| cumulative impact of oppression because of race, gender, and class as well as sexual orientation, religion, diability, status, and age |
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| a negative attitude toward an entire category of people such as a racial or ethnic minority |
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| the systematic study of social behavior and human groups (social patterns of behavior) |
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| the pattern of discrimination against people tryin gto buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods (EX: when pizza hut won't deliver to a neighborhood because it is "unsafe") |
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| beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants |
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| immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed in their home countries |
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| working at a job for which the worker is overqualified, involuntary working part-time instead of full time; or being intermittently employed |
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| segregation that is the result of residential patterns |
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| tendency to view crime as less socially significant if the victim is viewd as less worthy |
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| the practice of placing students in specific cirriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria |
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| redrawing districts bizarrely to create policially advantageous outcomes |
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| Anti-jewish prejudice or discrimination |
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| the exile of Jews from Palestine |
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| the placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color rather than in distinct racial groupings by skin color |
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| the development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups as reflected in terms of Hispanic and Asian Americans |
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| an ideology emphasizing pride and positive identity among Mexican Americans |
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| a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal rewards and power in a society |
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| the simplistic view of the people and history of the Orient, with no recognition of change over time or the diversity within its many cultures |
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| a range of negative feelings toward Muslims and their religion that ranges from generalized tolerance to hatred |
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| any arbitary police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or natural origin rather than a person's behavior |
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| a group that, despite past prejudice and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites |
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| portraying the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault rather than recognizing society's responsibilities |
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| a person or group blamed irrationally for another person's or group's problems or difficulties |
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| tribul self-rule (movement: effort by the indigenous peoples of Hawai'i to secure a measure of self-government and restoration of their lands) |
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| an unofficial corporate career track for women who want to divide their attention between work and family |
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| the male advantage experienced in occupations dominated by women |
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| society's view of a woman as only her children's mother and her husband's wife |
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| the double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that is faced by many women and that few men share equitably |
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| the same wages for different types of work that are judged to be comparable by such measures as employee knowledge, skills, effort, responsibiltiy, and working conditions; also called comparable worth |
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| a large, organized religion not officially liked with the state or government |
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| the religious dimension in American life that merges the state with sacred beliefs |
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| groups, such as the Amish, that reject both assimilation and coexistence |
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| symbolic capital (cultural capital) |
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| noneconomic forces such as family background and past investments in education that are then reflected in knowledge about the arts and language |
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| Herbert Gans's term that describes emphasis on ethnic food and ethnically associated political issues rather than deeper ties to one's heritage |
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| a sociological approach that assumes that the social structure is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups |
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| ethnonational (conflicts) |
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| conflicts between ethnic, racial, religious, and linguistic groups within nations, which replace conflicts between nations |
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| the freeing of slaves (Brazil) |
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| prejudice and discrimination against the elderly |
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| a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal rewards and power in a society |
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| functionalist perspective |
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| a sociological approach emphasizing how parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability |
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| unreliable, exaggerated generalizations about all members of a group that do not take individual differences into account |
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| a sociological approach that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants and others engaging in the same behavior are not |
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| a view of the global economic system as divided between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor |
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| people whose gender identity does not match their physical identity at birth |
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| After a Hispanic man is beaten, a group of Hispanics rally together and protest against violence against their people further uniting their group. What theory best explain this experience? |
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| If a poor young Hispanic woman has trouble finding a job in the U.S. it may be due to______. |
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| sociological imagination(2) |
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| When we use sociology to distinguish between our "private troubles" and "public issues" it is called____? |
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| reduces institutional discrimination |
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The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups for prejudices or other
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The theoretical approach that takes the view that prejudice is influenced by situations that
encourage or discourage the tolerance of minorities is called |
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| advantages you have in society |
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| In Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, the more questions you answered YES to the more________? |
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| The tendency to favor one's own people over new arrivals is called |
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| The perspective most likely to see racial profiling on immigration borders as a way skin color communicates national origin would be |
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| immigrant status is a symptom of social and economic hierarchies |
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| Which of the following explanations for illegal immigration uses the conflict perspective? |
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| In Making Systems of Privilege Visible, what often veils systems of privilege? |
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| the ability to avoid objecting to oppression |
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| In Making Systems of Privilege Visible, what is privilege? |
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| In A Class Divided, the flashcard exercise was a good example of |
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| the dominant group did not have to defend their actions |
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| In A Class Divided, privilege was demonstrated when |
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| fed them oatmeal and cornflakes instead of their native food |
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| In Civilize them with a Stick, what did the caretakers of the school do in order to sever the children's sense of identity as an Indian? |
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| unearned privilege and conferred dominance |
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| What are the two type of privilege? |
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| the GI bill shut the door on Black upward mobility driving intrawhite racialization out of fashion |
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| In the article, How Jews Became White Folks, what was NOT one of the reasons that Jews were able to better assimilate? |
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| Needed ability, but ability was not enough to make it |
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| In the article, How Jews Became White Folks, the author states that Jews |
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| It included claims of an international Jewish conspiracy |
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| Which of the following is true about the document titled Protocols of the Elders of Zion? |
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| Mexicans were exploited for land |
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| In, Mexican Americans, how are Mexicans like Indians in US history? |
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| Where color remain the primary source of power, but other factors are blamed instead |
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| In, We Are All Americans, what is color-blind racism? |
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| tri-racial stratification system |
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| A new system of classification that emphasizes conformity and power |
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| Women inherit as much as men |
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| Based on the Reading, Women and Islam, which of the following is NOT a right Muslim women enjoy? |
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| women are allowed to religious priestlike leaders |
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| Based on the Reading, Women and Islam, which of the following is NOT a recent change in women's rights in Muslim culture? |
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| based on perceived differences |
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| The defense of the Indians homelands |
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| In the reading, Racism in the English Language, which of the following is NOT an example of white ethnocentrism in language? |
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| conditions attitudes, distorts perspectives, reflects a perspective |
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| In the reading, Racism in the English Language, language does all of the following: |
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| In the reading, Racism in the English Language, which of the following is NOT used in language to support racism? |
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| In the reading, Racism in the English Language, which of the following DID NOT originally have a racial connotation, although still used today |
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| By showing skin color as determining their life fate, Showing dark skinned people denigrated by their parents, Depicting having dark skin as a painful and depressing experience |
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| In the reading, Yearning for Lightness, advertiser get young people to buy skin lightening product by doing all of the following: |
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| stillborn children, skin atrophy, fungal infections |
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| In the reading, Yearning for Lightness, skin lightening products often cause all: |
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| brightening of skin, getting rid of freckles and age spots, using lighteners to achieve whiteness |
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| In the reading, Yearning for Lightness, skin lightening is defined as |
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| Less attractive, trustworthy, and intelligent you are |
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| In the reading, Yearning for Lightness, the darker your skin is the ______? |
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| In the reading, Yearning for Lightness, light skin is a form of _______? |
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| Based on the film, Killing us softly, advertising is often_______? |
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| Based on the film, Killing us softly, when women have power in advertising it is ____? |
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| Based on the film, Killing us softly, An assertion of power aimed at colored people would be portraying them as_____? |
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| Based on the film, Killing us softly, "The more you subtract, the more you add" is really talking about_____? |
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| Based on the film, Killing us softly, women are valued for beauty, but men are valued for |
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| suicide attempts, alcohol abuse, unhealthy lifestyles (Not: placement in schools) |
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| In the article, "Out of Harmony", symptoms of disenfranchisement include all: |
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| long term consequences of colonization |
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| In the article, "Out of Harmony", health problems are hypothesized to be traced back to |
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| In "The Role of Race", negative stereotypes about pregnant African American women can result in all of the following EXCEPT |
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| In "The Role of Race", as a predictor of health, Racial categories are often interpreted as a proxy markers for |
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| According to the article, "Health Care Stories from Black America" , Hispanics are less likely than whites to be treated for which of the following? |
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| Erving Goffman's notion of stigma, which can be used to describe the elderly, the disabled, and gays and lesbians in U.S. society, is an example of which theoretical perspective? |
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| like psychological money with perpetual overdraft |
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| Racial invisibility is_______? |
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