Racism is part of Canada's history and current circumstances. - Answers True
Canada grants visas for foreigners to enter the country at various times and for various reasons.
For example, visas are granted to let female Jamaicans work as nannies, to let male Mexicans
harvest crops, and to let female Russians work as exotic dancers. When these visas expire, the
people have to go home. Which theory of ethnic relations best accounts for this kind of practice?
- Answers Split labour market theory
What would someone be called who holds a negative attitude about people of colour based on
preconceived notions about them? - Answers Prejudiced
Galabuzi posits that the term "visible minority" suggests a permanent status that reinforces
essentialist assumptions about race. What term has Galabuzi offered as a viable alternative to
"visible minority? - Answers Racialized group
According to the text, which of the following factors has the greatest influence on the income
disparity between the immigrant and Canadian-born populations? - Answers Recency of
immigration
Which perspective includes a hypothesis suggesting that contact between Aboriginal people
and French people should lead both groups to hold favourable attitudes about the other? -
Answers Interactionist
What is a "dominant" group? - Answers The group with the most power and privilege
Which of the following groups was subject to a head tax as part of Canada's racist immigration
policy? - Answers Chinese
Hate crimes are motivated by racial, sexual or other prejudice. - Answers True
Ingrid is a Canadian whose parents emigrated from England to Canada just before Ingrid was
born. Ingrid's family is widely considered to be part of a majority, or what kind of group? -
Answers Dominant
According to the text, what is the main difference between race and ethnicity? - Answers Race is
physical attributes; ethnicity is cultural characteristics
Ethnicity is fixed, inflexible, and impermeable. - Answers False
Which of the following most accurately describes racism? - Answers Those who have been
singled out as inferior or superior, often on the basis of physical characteristics such as skin
colour, hair texture, and eye shape
What label is given to the pattern of adaptation used by immigrant youth who identify with both
their heritage cultures and their new, national cultures? - Answers Integration pattern