Chapter 01: Ethnicity and Ethnic Relations

Essay Questions

1. Discuss the factors that affect a subpopulation’s distinctiveness as an ethnic group.

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2. Why can biological distinctiveness be seen as part of ethnicity?

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3. Why is power so important in the analysis of discrimination among ethnic subpopulations?

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4. Define discrimination and prejudice, and discuss the relationship between the two.

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5. Identify and discuss each of the five types of discrimination.

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6. What factors are involved in institutionalized discrimination?

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7. What factors are involved in ethnic stratification?

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8. Discuss the various ways that members of an ethnic subpopulation can adapt to discrimination.

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9. How does ethnic stratification limit the access of ethnic persons to social rewards and opportunities in U.S. society?

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10. Why is race limited in making sense as a biological concept?

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11. Identify the general features of ethnic conflict.

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12. How does one distinguish institutional discrimination from individual acts of discrimination?

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