The Sociology Of Race And Ethnicity
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Appendix B
The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Match race and ethnicity key terms with their correct descriptions:
1. Copy each key term from the Key Terms list below.
2. Paste each key term into the cell to the right of its matching description.
Key Terms: Stereotype, Gender group, Pluralism, Sociology, Minority group, Assimilation, Conflict perspective, Segregation, Ethnic group, Racism, Class, Subordinate group, Social construction of race, Racial group, Religious minority group.
Note: Some descriptions were adapted from Richard Schaefer’s Racial and Ethnic Groups, 10th ed., 2006.
|Description |Key Term |
|This group is the same as a subordinate group. A defining feature of this group is that its members have less control or power over their lives than do members of |Minority group |
|dominant groups. | |
|This describes the social structure between competing groups as defined by conflict or tension. An example would be the conflict that occurs between Haitians and |Conflict perspective |
|United States citizens when Haitian refugees seek a new home in the United States. | |
|This is a group with distinct national origins or cultural patterns. For example, Norwegian Americans belong to this type of group. | Ethnic group |
|Women are considered the social minority in the United States because they belong to this group, and are sometimes subject to prejudice and discrimination. |Gender...
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