What share of the U. S. population consists of people of Hispanic ancestry?
15.1
Which of the following categories of the U.S.
population is most likely to own and operate a small business?
Korean
Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S. college students today:
- are less prejudiced than their counterparts fifty years ago.
- see less difference between various minority categories.
- express greater prejudice towards Arabs than African Americans.
Which term is illustrated by immigrants from Ecuador learning to speak the English language?
Assimilate, pluralism
A minority (in most societies) is defined as a category of people who are :
set apart by that society and disadvantaged.
Social isolation is most commonly a problem for:
elderly women
Which of the following is the largest category of Asian Americans in the United States?
Chinese Americans
Which of the following is the largest minority category within the U.S. population?
people of Hispanic descent
Each year, about how many immigrants came to the United States, both legally and illegally?
1.
5 million
Which region of the United States contains a higher percentage of people who are elderly?
the Midwest and Plains states
Prejudice is a matter of _______, and discrimination is a matter of _______.
attitudes; behavior
Research using the Bogardus social distance scale shows that U. S. college students
- are less prejudiced than students fifty years ago.
- believe that Arabs and Muslims should be kept out of the country. - have the strongest prejudice against African Americans.
The United States is not truly pluralistic because
different racial and ethnic categories are unequal in social standing.
From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?
Latin America and Asia
A minority is defined as a category of people who
are defined as both different and disadvantaged.
