Race & Ethnicity (4)

Race is detectable in the human genome.

• true

• false

Ethnicity is typically understood as something we...

• inherit

• genetically inherit

• self-ascribe

Which of these is not a distinguishing factor of ethnicity?

• Language

• Dress

• Geographical location

• Skin colour

Race is a social...

In what years was South Africa governed by Apartheid?

• 1950-1990

• 1946-1992

• 1944-1998

• 1948-1994

A prejudiced person's views are often based on direct evidence

• true

• false

Sociologists recognise how many different methods of scapegoating?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 5

Match each of these aspects to their definition

• Stereotyping

• opinions or attitudes held by members of one group towards another

• Discrimination

• a process by which a person or group is unfairly blamed for something

• Scapegoating

• usually fixed and inflexible characteristics of a social group

• Prejudice

• behaviour towards another group or individual

Match each of these patterns to their definitions

• Integration

• physical separation of two groups

• Assimilation

• a minority individual or group gives up its own identity by taking on the characteristics of the dominant culture

• Multiculturalism

• each ethnic or racial group preserves its unique cultural traits while together contributing to national unity

• Subjugation

• process by which migrants become accepted into society as individuals and as groups

• Segregation

• bringing a group of people under control

Match the perspectives to their ideas

• Symbolic Interactionism

• race and ethnicity are important sources of identity and symbolism

• Functionalism

• a unified, multiracial and multi-ethnic working-class could revolt against capitalism

• Marxism

• racial and ethnic inequalities have existed for so long that they must have served an important function