A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities whereas ethnicity is the state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. How well do you understand and differentiate the two? Take this quick quiz on chapter 8 covering race and ethnicity.
Is an expression of prejudice against minority groups of people
Happens at every level of society
Is the result of racism
All of the above
Since the colonization of the Americas
As long as there has been recorded history
When kingdoms formed in Europe
Since the Renaissance
Justifies the unfair treatment of members of a racial minority group
Promotes the idea of supposed inferiority of a minority group based on physical characteristics
Promotes the idea of supposed inferiority of a minority group based on cultural characteristics
All of the above
True
False
True
False
People typically get the most service when they wear a white shirt
Our society has been structured to support and protect white people and those of us who are white benefit from this automatically
Our society is privileged to have so many white people in it
People who are white are privileged to have the chance to interact with other groups of people
Explains the constant struggle for power and control in society
Is the best theory to use to explain racism
Explains the ongoing tension between the dominant and subordinate groups
All of the above
Racism
Stereotyping
Legal discrimination
Prejudice
A group of people who live together in the same culture
A group of people defined by obvious physical characteristics
A group of people who live the same way no matter where they are
A group of people defined by profiling
How people were categorized based on superiority
The justification for slavery
The natural differences and similarities in the humans around the world
All of the above
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