Week 6 Race and Ethnicity- These are the questions for TEST 2 . Questions 1) Based on Figure 12.1, "A Sense of Ethnicity," why do minorities have a heightened sense of their ethnic or racial identity compared to members of the dominant group? 2) Based on Figure 12.2, "Buying a House: Institutional Discrimination in Mortgages," how do the percentage of mortgage loan denials change as the applicants' median incomes increase? How do the denials remain the same? 3) 4) Figure 12.5 "U. S. Racial–Ethnic Groups" shows that Americans of Asian, African, and Latino descent comprise 31.5 percent of the United States population, while the largest single group of Americans of European descent is the Germans, at 16.5 percent. Since these minorities comprise such a high percentage of the population, explain why there an equal distribution of these minorities is not seen in politics. 5) Figure 12.7 "Geographical Origin of U. S. Latinos" shows that 66 percent of U. S. Latinos trace their heritage to Mexico. Provide at least two reasons why Mexico has such a dominant influence on Latino heritage, outnumbering all other Latino nations of origin. 6) Figure 12.8 "Where U. S. Latinos Live" shows the states with the highest Latino populations. Geographic location can explain why California, Texas, and Arizona have such a high percentage of Latinos, since they are states that border Mexico. Florida has been influenced by Cuban and Puerto Rican migration. But how does one explain the high percentages of Latinos in New Jersey, New York, and Illinois? 12.7 Matching Questions Match the term with the definition. 1) genocide 2) ethnicity 3) minority group 4) dominant group 5) ethnic work 6) melting pot 5) discrimination 6) prejudice 7) individual discrimination. 8) institutional discrimination 9) authoritarian personality 10) reserve labor force 11) selective perception 12) internal colonialism 13) segregation A)an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group B) people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination C)the negative treatment of a minority group that is built into the fabric of society D) the view that Americans of various backgrounds would blend into a sort of ethnic stew E) having distinctive cultural characteristics F) the negative treatment of one person by another on the basis of that person's perceived characteristics G) activities designed to discover, enhance, or maintain ethnic and racial identity H) unemployed workers being held in that status pending periods of economic boom who will be laid off when the boom is over I) Theodor Adorno's term for people who are prejudiced and rank high on scales of conformity, intolerance, insecurity, and submission to superiors J) a policy of economically exploiting minority groups K) the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status L) the policy of keeping racial-ethnic groups apart M) the act of seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others N) the systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of people because of their presumed race or ethnic group O) an attitude usually expressed in a negative way Test 2