race - CORRECT ANSWER-a flawed system of classification, with no biological basis,
that uses certain physical characteristics to divide the human population into
supposedly discrete groups
racism - CORRECT ANSWER-individual thoughts and actions and institutional patterns
and policies that cr...
race - CORRECT ANSWER-a flawed system of classification, with no biological basis,
that uses certain physical characteristics to divide the human population into
supposedly discrete groups
racism - CORRECT ANSWER-individual thoughts and actions and institutional patterns
and policies that create unequal access to power, resources, and opportunities based
on imagined differences among groups
genotype - CORRECT ANSWER-the inherited genetic factors that provide the
framework for an organism's physical form
Phenotype - CORRECT ANSWER-An organism's physical appearance, or visible traits.
Colonialism - CORRECT ANSWER-the practice by which a nation-state extends
political, economic, and military power beyond its own borders over an extended period
of time to secure access to raw materials, cheap labor, and markets in other countries
or regions
miscgenation - CORRECT ANSWER-interracial marriage
white supremacy - CORRECT ANSWER-the belief that whites are biologically different
and superior to people of other races
whiteness - CORRECT ANSWER-A culturally constructed concept originating in 1691
Virginia designed to establish clear boundaries of who is white and who is not, a
process central to the formation of U.S. racial stratification.
Jim Crow - CORRECT ANSWER-Laws implemented after the U.S. Civil War to legally
enforce segregation, particularly in the South, after the end of slavery.
Hypodescent - CORRECT ANSWER-sometimes called the "one drop of blood rule"; the
assignment of children of racially "mixed" unions to the subordinate group
nativism - CORRECT ANSWER-favoring certain long-term inhabitants over new
immigrants
Eugenics - CORRECT ANSWER-a pseudoscience attempting to scientifically prove the
existence of separate human races to improve the population's genetic composition by
favoring some races over others
, Racialization - CORRECT ANSWER-the process by which understandings of race are
used to classify individuals or groups of people
individual racsim - CORRECT ANSWER-personal prejudiced beliefs that discriminatory
actions based on race
institutional racism - CORRECT ANSWER-patterns by which racial inequality is
structured through key cultural institutions, policies, and systems
racial ideology - CORRECT ANSWER-a set of popular ideas about race that allows the
discriminatory behaviors of individuals and institutions to seem reasonable, rational, and
normal
Intersectionality - CORRECT ANSWER-an analytic framework for assessing how
factors such as race, gender, and class interact to shape individual life chances and
societal patterns of stratification
Race relations play out differently depending on a variety of historical, cultural, and
social factors. Match each racial situation to the country to which it pertains. -
CORRECT ANSWER-U.S=This country defined the
dominant category as
"Aryan" or "Caucasian"
and legal debates were
important in defining
who belonged to these
privileged groups
brazil=This country has many
nuanced racial categories
and has been referred to
as a "racial democracy."
south africa= This country developed a
legal system called
"apartheid" that established
white dominance as a key
governmental structure.
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5.3. How Is Race Constructed in the United States?
Chinese immigrants first arrived in the United States in large numbers during the 1850s.
Identify whether or not the initial wave of Chinese immigrants experienced racial
prejudice in these particular ways. - CORRECT ANSWER-Way Chinese Immigrants
Experienced Prejudice
-They were treated with hostility by federal and state governments.
-They were called derogatory names.
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