Race and Ethnicity
Movie
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Basic Instincts – Soc.Series2
Questions
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Is there any such thing as a positive or neutral
prejudice?
What are the differences between opinions and
prejudices?
What would you do in a situation similar to the
movie?
By challenging a prejudice, do you think it would
reform or educate the individual so they will
correct their ways? Why or why not?
Does race affect intelligence?
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Controversial study by Murry (1994)
IQ variations by race?
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Asian = 103
European = 100
African = 90
Goes against our democratic and egalitarian
beliefs
Does Race affect intelligence?
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If IQ scores reflect people’s environment, are
they valid measures or intelligence?
Why do some racial and ethnic categories
show dramatic short-term gains in IQ?
Do you think parents and schools influence a
child’s IQ score? If so, how?
Someone can be discriminatory
without being prejudiced.
a.
Yes
b.
No
Prejudice is _____.
a. a belief that one racial category is
superior to another
b. blaming people for one’s own
troubles
c. treating categories of people
differently
d. a rigid and unfair generalization
about an entire category of
people
What perpetuates prejudice?
What can change it?
What theory holds that prejudice
springs from frustration among
people who are themselves
disadvantaged?
a.
b.
c.
d.
authoritarian personality theory
scapegoat theory
culture theory
conflict theory
What theory holds that prejudice
springs from frustration among
people who are themselves
disadvantaged?
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The correct answer is b. scapegoat
theory.
What theory holds that prejudice
helps powerful people oppress
others?
a.
b.
c.
d.
authoritarian personality theory
scapegoat theory
culture theory
conflict theory
What theory holds that prejudice
helps powerful people oppress
others?
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The correct answer is d. conflict
theory.
______ are the largest racial or
ethnic minority in the United
States.
a.
b.
c.
d.
African Americans
Hispanics
Asian Americans
Native Americans
______ are the largest racial or
ethnic minority in the United
States.
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The correct answer is b. Hispanics.
_____ is a shared cultural heritage.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ethnicity
Culture
Race
Nationality
_____ is a shared cultural heritage.
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The correct answer is a. Ethnicity.
Bias built into the operation of
society’s institutions is _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
prejudice
discrimination
scapegoating
institutional prejudice and
discrimination
Bias built into the operation of
society’s institutions is _____.
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The correct answer is d.
institutional prejudice and
discrimination.
A state in which people of all
races and ethnicities are distinct
but have equal social standing is
_____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
genocide
miscegenation
pluralism
assimilation
A state in which people of all
races and ethnicities are distinct
but have equal social standing is
_____.
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The correct answer is c. pluralism.
In 1882, the U.S. government
passed the first of several laws
limiting ________ immigration.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Japanese
Chinese
Filipino
Korean
In 1882, the U.S. government
passed the first of several laws
limiting ________ immigration.
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The correct answer is b. Chinese.
In this country, all of the states
below have a “minority majority”
except _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
California
New Mexico
Florida
Hawaii
In this country, all of the states
below have a “minority majority”
except _____.
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The correct answer is c. Florida.
Research using the Bogardus
social distance scale shows that
U.S. college students _____.
a. are less prejudiced than students several
decades ago
b. believe Arabs and Muslims should be
kept out of the country.
c. have the strongest prejudice against
African Americans.
d. all of the above
Research using the Bogardus
social distance scale shows that
U.S. college students _____.
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The correct answer is a. are less
prejudiced than students several
decades ago.
What race are you?
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No “pure” race
All races are genetically similar
Race vs. ethnicity
Where did “race” come from?
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Geographical theory of race
What is the difference between
prejudice and discrimination?
How can stereotypes hurt
you?
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What are stereotypes?
Inaccurate expectations.
How can you work against stereotypes?
Why are people prejudice?
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Scapegoat theory
Cultural theory
Patterns of interaction in race
relations.
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Pluralism
Assimilation
Segregation
Genocide
Tomorrow’s coming
attractions!!
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What do you have to exchange in a
marriage?
Are you part of the “sandwich generation”?
What will increase your chances of divorce?
What makes healthy families?