Week One Assignment ETH/125
Journal Entry of a Subordinate Group
One often wonders where the Native North Americans originated from. Some theories have been discussed about the peopling of the Americas. Early theories involving lost tribes and continents were based purely on speculation instead of actual scientific facts. Discoveries made during many archeological expeditions have helped shape the always changing interpretations by adding more questions and more theories. There have been genetic and linguistic studies which raised more understanding and brought new questions.
It is theorized that during the latter part of the Cenozoic era, also known as the age of mammals that the Wisconsin glaciation caused enough of the planet’s water…show more content… 1. The racial term “African American” can refer to:
2. What is the one defining feature of a minority group?
3. Ethnicity describes shared:
4. Which of the following is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group?
5. Scapegoat theory shows that:
6. As a White person in the United States, being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you is a result of:
7. Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:
8. Stereotypes can be based on:
9. What is discrimination?
10. Which of the following is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?
11. Which intergroup relation displays the least tolerance?
12. What doctrine justified legal segregation in the South?
13. What intergroup relationship is represented by the “salad bowl” metaphor?
14. Amalgamation is represented by the _____________ metaphor.
15. What makes Native Americans unique as a subordinate group in the United States?
16. Which subordinate group is often referred to as the “model minority?”
17. Which federal act or program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration, not block it?
18. Many Arab Americans face _______________, especially after 9/11.
19. Why did most White ethnic Americans come to the United States?
Which federal act or program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration, not block it?
1.
The racial term “African American” can refer to:
2.
What is the one defining feature of a minority group?
3.
Ethnicity describes shared:
4.
Which of the following is an example of a numerical majority being treated as a subordinate group?
5.
Scapegoat theory shows that:
6.
As a White person in the United States, being reasonably sure that you will be dealing with authority figures of the same race as you is a result of:
7.
Speedy Gonzalez is an example of:
8.
Stereotypes can be based on:
9.
What is discrimination?
10.
Which of the following is the best explanation of racism as a social fact?
11.
Which intergroup relation displays the least tolerance?
12.
What doctrine justified legal segregation in the South?
13.
What intergroup relationship is represented by the “salad bowl” metaphor?
14.
Amalgamation is represented by the _____________ metaphor.
15.
What makes Native Americans unique as a subordinate group in the United States?
16.
Which subordinate group is often referred to as the “model minority?”
17.
Which federal act or program was designed to allow more Hispanic American immigration, not block it?
18.
Many Arab Americans face _______________, especially after 9/11.
19.
Why did most White ethnic Americans come to the United States? |