Race/Ethnicity Sociology

The belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and can result in the thought of superiority over another race.

• Ethnic Cleansing

• Racism

• Racist

• Genocide

Segregation means _____________________.

• Inequality

• Minority Status

• Separation

• Proclamation

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a stereotype?

• Providing a characterization of an entire group of people based on the actions of some
• People sticking together, creating an "us versus them" attitude
• The discrimination of an entire group of people through policies of segregation
• Believing that your racial or ethnic background is better than everyone else's

Race is based on _____________ characteristics, while Ethnicity is based on ____________ characteristics

• cultural, physical
• physical, cultural
• achieved, ascribed
• citizenship, cultural

Saying that all African Americans are good at sports is an example of a....

• a stereotype
• reversed discrimination
• discrimination
• active racism

A group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in a society is that cause unfair treatment

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

A group of people identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics is:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

Widely held negative attitudes towards a group and its individual members is:

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

The action of treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, religion, or culture is:

• prejudice

• racism

• discrimination

• stereotype

Racism that is built into the structures of society is 

• biased
• discrimination
• institutional racism
• acculturation