CHAPTER 9 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

Seniority systems and inadequately funded inner-city schools are both examples of ____________.

• Stereotyping

• institutionalized discrimination

• ethnic minority

_______________ , the application of distorted, exaggerated, and oversimplified ideas to an entire group, lies at the base of prejudice.

• Stereotyping

• institutionalized discrimination

• ethnic minority

A(n) __________________ is a subculture defined by its own language, religion, values, beliefs, norms, and customs.

• Stereotyping

• institutionalized discrimination

• ethnic minority

__________________ is an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over others

• race

• assimilation

• racism

Members of a(n) __________________ share certain biologically inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society.

• race

• assimilation

• racism

Cultural pluralism, in which ethnic and immigrant groups maintain some of their uniqueness, is one pattern of __________________.

• race

• assimilation

• racism

In __________________ , the denial of equal access is based on common prejudice.

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• genocide

The pattern of conflict that involves the systematic eff ort to destroy an entire population is called __________________.

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

• genocide

Subjugation that uses the law to deny a group equal access is called __________________.

• de facto segregation

• de jure segregation

the movement of Native Americans to reservations

• accommodation

• population transfer

• subjugation