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SOCI 2319 - Exam 1 (Ch 1-4) Although fans of a particular athletic team may, like ethnic groups, have a sense of community (for example, "Red Sox Nation"), they are not an ethnic group because - ✔✔they lack a common heritage All of the following are examples of institutionalized discrimination EXCEPT - ✔✔the burning of a cross in front of a black family's home The theory that explains prejudice and discrimination as a means of keeping workers divided, thus easier to control by the capitalist class, is the _________ theory - ✔✔Marxian In the U.S., the ideology of equal opportunity - ✔✔serves to justify social inequality Authoritarian personalities were found to be associated with ______________ by Adorno - ✔✔intolerance Which of the following illustrates indirect institutional discrimination - ✔✔As past company policy, the Ajax Axe Company had refused to hire African Americans. Ajax no longer refuses to hire African Americans but maintains a seniority system. Thus, because they have been employed by the company only recently (with the end of the racial bar) it will be many years before African Americans can move beyond entry level positions in the company In society X, there is much ethnic diversity; conflict amond the different groups is comparatively mild though at times, high; class and ethnicity generally overlap; and the degree of segregation among various ethnic groups differs on the basis of salient physical and cultural characteristics. Society X is a(n) __________ society - ✔✔assimilationist Before the American Civil War, Irish Americans, most of them working-class, opposed the Emancipation Proclamation and the freeing of slaves because they feared blacks would compete with them for unskilled jobs. Hence, much violence by Irish against blacks was evident during this period. Which theory best explains this occurrence - ✔✔Split labor market Which of the following illustrates cultural assimilation - ✔✔Members of ethnic group X adopt the language and religion of the dominant group In ethnic stratification, those most like the dominant group are more - ✔✔highly ranked Hughes and Hughes (1952) suggested that if it is easy to resign from the group - ✔✔it is not a true ethnic group Which of the following statements is true of the major patterns of ethnic relations discussed in the text - ✔✔They should not be thought of as being mutually exclusive There are generally ________ differences between black people born in Haiti and the United States - ✔✔cultural In a society with a high degree of stratification, we can be sure - ✔✔the dominant group has the most resources In the split labor market theory, the group that gains the most from discriminatory institutions is - ✔✔dominant group workers The most extreme form of inequalitarian pluralism is - ✔✔corporate pluralism An ideal-typical corporate pluralistic society would contain - ✔✔several ethnic groups, none of which is dominant The author argues that assimilation is best understood as a process because - ✔✔it is a change that individuals and groups experience over time In the United States, Anglo-Americans are privileged because they - ✔✔are the dominant group

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