Race in Sociology

What is a stereotype?

• An overly simple, unfair and untrue belief about a group of people

• Gender expression refers to how a person shows their gender to the world.

• An attitude or belief in a stereotype that affects our understanding, actions, and decisions towards others.

What is bias?

• An attitude or belief in a stereotype that affects our understanding, actions, and decisions towards others.

• An overly simple, unfair and untrue belief about a group of people

• Understanding that identities can overlap and affect each other.

Jews in the United States are members of

• an ethnic majority.
• a racial minority.
• an ethnic minority.
•  the racial majority

Which of the following is a pattern of conflict?

• Population transfer
• assimilation
• race relations
• ethnic diversity

People who are racist

• are always members of the majority.
•  believe their race is superior.
• believe that the dominant race is superior. 
• know that their beliefs are wrong, but are unwilling to change.

Which of the following best describes the symbolic interactionist view of prejudice?

• Prejudice allows people’s self-concept to be strengthened because they believe they are superior to others.
• Children are taught to be prejudiced by watching the behavior of significant others who express prejudices
• Prejudice strengthens society both economically and culturally.
•  Prejudice only becomes a problem in society when it is institutionalized.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a minority group?

• They have distinctive physical or cultural traits

• Members of the group share a common sense of identity

• The minority is controlled by the majority

• Minorities get suppressed by the majority because certain minority traits are believed to be superior

The blending or fusing of the minority groups into the dominant society is known as...

• Assimilation

• Cultural Transfusion

• Cultural Pluralism

• None of the Above

This type of segregation takes places because of laws

• De Jure Segregation

• De Facto Segregation

Widely held preconceptions of a group (minority or majority) and its individual members

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

• Genocide

• Hate Crimes