Diversity and Discrimination Assessment

Why are women labeled as minority group?

• Women have only recently become recognized as being on an equal plane as men in the United States

• Women are less numerous than the American male population

• Women have played a lesser role in the economic, social, and political development of the country

• Women have suffered the same types of discrimination as minority groups

How are the discriminatory actions of the United States government towards Native Americans and Hispanic Americans similar?

• The US government thought both groups were violent

• The US government desired both group's wealth

• The US government wanted to claim both group's land

• The US government found that both groups had undermined its authority

What similarity can be found between the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the forced relocation of Asian Americans during World War II?

• both are evidence of discriminatory attitudes toward Asian Americans

• both resulted in a severe drop in the numbers of Asian immigrants to the US

• both actions were found to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

• both led to acts of violence against Asian Americans

Which of the following MOSTLY came to the United States as refugees?

• African Americans

• Cuban Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Pacific Islanders

Why do you think the Declaration of Sentiments was designed to echo the Declaration of Independence?

• The women thought it was in their best interest to model their document on the Declaration

• The women were asserting the fact that they always been equal citizens under the law

• The women intended the document to be viewed as a sarcastic statement of the unfairness to which they were subjected

• The women wanted people to understand that the discrimination they faced was as frustrating and unacceptable as that faced by the colonists

Make Generalizations What do the four States in which the minority population now exceeds the majority population have in common?

Answer explanation

All four of these states could be described as border states. As entry points forimmigrants, these types of States are often the first places newcomers choose to live andeventually settle. California, New Mexico, and Texas all border Mexico. California andHawaii also offer the most convenient ports of entry for immigrants coming from Asia

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Why might other minority groups look to African Americans for guidance in developing strategies for overcoming discrimination?

Answer explanation

African Americans have been the victims of discrimination since the beginnings of thecountry, so they have a great deal of experience with overcoming racial injustice. Theyhave spearheaded efforts to align laws with the goal of achieving civil rights. Theirsuccessful strategies could be adopted by other minority groups who are also fighting forjustice

Explain

What does it mean to live in a heterogeneous society?

Answer explanation

To live in a heterogeneous society means to live in a diverse society, where manydifferent races and cultures are living side by side.

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What do Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans have in common asminority groups in the United States?

Answer explanation

Both groups have a great deal of diversity within them. Both groups have suffered discrimination in the workforce, mostly evidenced by working at physically hard jobs for low pay. Both groups have been the target of government laws that restricted their ability to take part in the nation’s political, social, and economic life

Explain

Explain why the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was necessary and indicates animportant shift toward equal pay for women

Answer explanation

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had a loophole when it came to the requirement of equal pay. Because it stipulated a time frame in which grievances about unequal pay could be made, many cases of discrimination went unchallenged, because the woman in question did not know she was being paid unfairly until it was too late to file a suit. The fact that the government acknowledged such dangers in the law as it stood and took action to eliminate the loophole shows a commitment to supporting equal pay in reality, rather than just in theory