University of South Florida

SOCIOLOGY MISC

Chapter 3: Race and Ethnicity

1)Conflict theorists assert that not everyone in society can and should be equal.

2. Expulsion refers to the physical and social segregation of ethnic or racial groups.

3. De facto segregation refers to the legally sanctioned practise of government discrimination.

4. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 40 million foreign-born children were born in 2012.

5. According to functionalists, assimilation can never lead to social equilibrium.

6. Research suggests that undocumented parents’ fear of deportation leads to

lower levels of engagement with teachers or schools.

7. Because of affirmative action and other social programmes, most African Americans now earn the same as White Americans.

8. According to the interactionist perspective, we learn about racial and ethnic categories of White, Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American through our social interactions.

9. The U.S. Census Bureau does not distinguish between native and foreign-born residents.

10. Black feminism identifies the values of a theoretical perspective that addresses the simultaneous impacts of race, class, and gender oppression.

11. A radically motivated physical attack against a minority group member is an example of institutional discrimination.

12. Though class and ethnicity are separate dimensions of stratification, they are closely related.

13. There is no such thing as a “pure race.”

14. Most of the research on the achievement gap between Latinos and White

students has focused on Hispanic students’ study skills.

15. Individual and institutional discrimination are basically the same concept.