Race and Ethnicity

1. Race and Ethnicity

2. Movie • Basic Instincts What would you do? – Soc.Series2 • Questions • Is there any such thing as a positive or neutral prejudice? • What are the differences between opinions and prejudices? • What would you do in a situation similar to the movie? • By challenging a prejudice, do you think it would reform or educate the individual so they will correct their ways? Why or why not?

3. Does race affect intelligence? • Controversial study by Murry (1994) • IQ variations by race? • Asian = 103 • European = 100 • African = 90 • Goes against our democratic and egalitarian beliefs

4. Does Race affect intelligence? • If IQ scores reflect people’s environment, are they valid measures or intelligence? • Why do some racial and ethnic categories show dramatic short-term gains in IQ? • Do you think parents and schools influence a child’s IQ score? If so, how?

5. Someone can be discriminatory without being prejudiced. • Yes • No

6. Prejudice is _____. a. a belief that one racial category is superior to another b. blaming people for one’s own troubles c. treating categories of people differently • a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people

7. What perpetuates prejudice?What can change it?

8. What theory holds that prejudice springs from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged? a. authoritarian personality theory b. scapegoat theory c. culture theory d. conflict theory

9. What theory holds that prejudice springs from frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged? • The correct answer is b. scapegoat theory.

10. What theory holds that prejudice helps powerful people oppress others? a. authoritarian personality theory b. scapegoat theory c. culture theory d. conflict theory

11. What theory holds that prejudice helps powerful people oppress others? • The correct answer is d. conflict theory.

12. ______ are the largest racial or ethnic minority in the United States. a. African Americans b. Hispanics c. Asian Americans d. Native Americans

13. ______ are the largest racial or ethnic minority in the United States. • The correct answer is b. Hispanics.

14. _____ is a shared cultural heritage. • Ethnicity • Culture • Race • Nationality

15. _____ is a shared cultural heritage. • The correct answer is a. Ethnicity.

16. Bias built into the operation of society’s institutions is _____. • prejudice • discrimination • scapegoating • institutional prejudice and discrimination

17. Bias built into the operation of society’s institutions is _____. • The correct answer is d. institutional prejudice and discrimination.

18. A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing is _____. • genocide • miscegenation • pluralism • assimilation

19. A state in which people of all races and ethnicities are distinct but have equal social standing is _____. • The correct answer is c. pluralism.

20. In 1882, the U.S. government passed the first of several laws limiting ________ immigration. • Japanese • Chinese • Filipino • Korean

21. In 1882, the U.S. government passed the first of several laws limiting ________ immigration. • The correct answer is b. Chinese.

22. In this country, all of the states below have a “minority majority” except _____. • California • New Mexico • Florida • Hawaii

23. In this country, all of the states below have a “minority majority” except _____. • The correct answer is c. Florida.

24. Research using the Bogardus social distance scale shows that U.S. college students _____. a. are less prejudiced than students several decades ago b. believe Arabs and Muslims should be kept out of the country. c. have the strongest prejudice against African Americans. d. all of the above

25. Research using the Bogardus social distance scale shows that U.S. college students _____. • The correct answer is a. are less prejudiced than students several decades ago.

26. What race are you? • No “pure” race • All races are genetically similar • Race vs. ethnicity

27. Where did “race” come from? • Geographical theory of race

28. What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?

29. How can stereotypes hurt you? • What are stereotypes? • Inaccurate expectations. • How can you work against stereotypes?

30. Why are people prejudice? • Scapegoat theory • Cultural theory

31. Patterns of interaction in race relations. • Pluralism • Assimilation • Segregation • Genocide

32. Tomorrow’s coming attractions!! • What do you have to exchange in a marriage? • Are you part of the “sandwich generation”? • What will increase your chances of divorce? • What makes healthy families?