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Explaining Ethnic Relations
True or False
1
Pluralism theories arose as a reaction to assimilation theories.
A)
True
B)
False
2
Human ecology theories stress the importance of competition for resources as the force behind ethnic conflict.
A)
True
B)
False
3
The identifiability of an ethnic subpopulation is always based on biological features.
A)
True
B)
False
4
Discrimination and identifiability of an ethnic subpopulation are mutually reinforcing.
A)
True
B)
False
5
As discrimination denies people access to resources, it limits their capacity to fight back or move away from their situation.
A)
True
B)
False
6
Recent Asian-American immigrants are targets of hostility and discrimination because they possess low shares of valued resources.
A)
True
B)
False
7
From the internal colonization perspective, the history of ethnic relations in America has resulted in internal colonies of non-whites being dominated by descendents of the original Anglo-Saxon Protestant core.
A)
True
B)
False
8
According to Pierre van den Berghe and most sociobiologists, social structures are merely "survival machines" that exist to maintain the fitness of genes.
A)
True
B)
False
9
The greater the level of discrimination and the more it is institutionalized across many arenas, the more likely is a subpopulation to develop and retain a distinctive ethnic identity.
A)
True
B)
False
10
In the split-labor market perspective, the low wages paid to ethnic subpopulations are necessary for securing better working conditions for white workers.
A)
True
B)
False
11
Public opinion polls in the United States have been consistent and overwhelming in their endorsement of individualistic egalitarianism.
A)
True
B)
False
12
Ethnic stereotypes are necessary to maintaining positive images and beliefs for ethnic subpopulations.
A)
True
B)
False
13
People who are Muslim do not face discrimination in the United States.
A)
True
B)
False
14
The size of an ethnic subpopulation has little impact on the pattern of discrimination it will experience.
A)
True
B)
False
15
Cultural assimilation guarantees a subordinate ethnic subpopulation's structural assimilation.
A)
True
B)
False
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