Discrimination
Theories of Prejudice
Racial Inequality
Random
Race and Ethnicity
100
_____________ is giving an unequal treatment to individuals that gives certain advantages to one group without a reasonable cause.
What is discrimination?
100
When Germany blamed the Jewish population for it's economic and political difficulties the Nazis ____________ Jew and other minorities.
What is scapegoated?
100
Segregation in neighborhoods is known as ___________ inequality.
What is housing?
100
Jerry is an African American male who works in a popular business branch. While at work he dresses very formally and uses formal English, but when Jerry is at home he uses a lot of slang and dresses differently than at the workplace.
What is code-switching?
100
________ refers to a group with a shared culture such as language, traditions, customs, symbols, etc.
What is ethnicity?
200
Switzerland believes in a form of government where it unites four different cultures, each with a different language and religion, without any inequalities and have equal social standing.
What is pluralism?
200
Socializing with people who look and behave like us, and isolating ourselves from people who are different is known as this.
What is learning through culture?
200
African American individuals have only about one-tenth of the wealth Whites have in the United States. This is known as ___________ inequality.
What is economic?
200
From 1930 til 1960 racially restrictive housing policies helped white families procure homes with loans, this is an example of _________ discrimination
What is de jure?
200
__________ refers to a categorization of people based on physical characteristics.
What is race?
300
___________ is the term for the systematic planning of killing a specific group of people based on their RACE, religion, or nationality.
What is Genocide?
300
Christina is a white woman and Isabella is a hispanic woman. They were both looking to buy a home near a Mexican influenced neighborhood. Isabella was confident she would be able to get the home because she is of Mexican decent. This is an example of discrimination to gain a...
What is an advantage?
300
VIDEO BONUS!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pezdwLmU2H4 In recent years _________ has portrayed a generous amount of discrimination, inequalities and stereotypes.
What is media?
300
The role of _______ pertains to how an individual interprets race because of ones socialization, self fulfilling prophecy and selective interpretation.
What is society?
300
This scientist created four categories/subspecies of homosapiens ranked by superiority.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
400
This is usually achieved through intermarriage over several years where majority and minority groups blend to create a new group.
What is amalgamation?
400
When Tom is a white male. When Tom is with his white friends he over uses the "N word", but when he is with his black friends he never uses it.
What is hidden prejudice?
400
"Teachers in black-majority districts have less experience and are more likely to be teaching outside their area of expertise than are teachers in white majority districts (Jones 272)." This is an example of ___________ inequality.
What is education?
400
People choose to identify people based on _________ ___________ to determine race.
What are physical characteristics?
400
Ranking one race superior to another is known as...
What is racism?
500
Lisa hired a handyman over the phone to fix her kitchen sink. While the handyman pulled up in her driveway she noticed that he was an African-American male. She decided not to let him in because of the color of his skin. Without having met the man she participated in an act of _____________.
What is prejudice?
500
Tom was a white man, Jerry was a black man. They both are car salesman at a car dealership and have been working there for the same amount of time. However, Tom gets paid a lot more than Jerry. This is theory is known as...
What is the split-labor market theory?
500
Some groups are often denied health insurance because of their race or ethnicity. This is an inequality of _______ _______ advantages for minority groups.
What is health care?
500
Asians are good at school Whites succeed in business Native Americans excel in leadership
What is racial essentialism?
500
A minority group is a group with less access to resources due to discrimination and identity, but the opposite of this term has better access to resources and rights.
What is a majority group?
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