Exam (elaborations) Race & Ethnicity

Between the year 2000 and 2100, the proportion of the U.S. population that is Black, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American will likely - ANSWER Double The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life are superior to all others is known as - ANSWER ethnocentrism Sociologists use what term to refer to the conscious experience of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities? - ANSWER Relative deprivation The most important force causing people to emigrate has been - ANSWER Economic The largest ancestral group of European Americans is - ANSWER German Race is - ANSWER Socially constructed Which of the following groups has always been considered White by the English? - ANSWER None of these Which of the following are advantages associated with having a White identity? - ANSWER Never having to speak for all the people of one's race The earliest Irish immigrants were - ANSWER Protestant The principle of third-generation interest states that - ANSWER the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have an increased interest in their ethnicity. Research on the principle of third-generation interest indicates that grandchildren of immigrants are likely to want to - ANSWER All of these Increased interest by White Americans in their ethnic background was spurred on by - ANSWER increased consciousness of African Americans. The emphasis on ethnic foods and ethnically associated political issues was called ________ by Herbert Gans. - ANSWER Symbolic ethnicity The maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society is referred to as - ANSWER Ethnicity paradox The concept respectable bigotry refers to - ANSWER Prejudice against white ethnics The acceptability of Polish jokes is an example of - ANSWER Respectable bigotry The Columbian Coalition handles cases of prejudice and discrimination experienced by immigrants from - ANSWER Italy