Which of the following statements is true of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs)?
A) They generally looked down on later waves of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.
B) They viewed later waves of European immigrants as superior, hard-working, and civilized.
C) They had the same language and religion as that of later waves of European immigrants.
D) They were all affluent and had no criminal backgrounds.
E) They included immigrants from Australia and New Zealand.
Question 2Anil, a professor of Indian origin, went to a community bank to apply for a home loan. The banker told Anil that he does not qualify for a loan. According to the bank's policy, it is risky to offer loans to minority group members because they are not likely to hold a steady job. This scenario illustrates _____.
A) cultural relativism
B) institutional discrimination
C) acculturation
D) assimilation
E) pluralism
Question 3When Malakai, a black athlete, was on a vacation, he went to a local restaurant for lunch. Before he could sit down, the owner of the restaurant, a white, asked Malakai to leave because of Malakai's skin color. This scenario is an example of _____.
A) institutionalized discrimination
B) individual discrimination
C) reverse discrimination
D) structural discrimination
E) systemic discrimination
Question 4Danielle, the owner of an apartment, wants to rent out one of the rooms. She disregarded the application of Rita, an Asian, because Danielle wanted to rent her apartment only to whites. In this scenario, Danielle's action is an example of _____.
A) institutionalized discrimination
B) individual discrimination
C) reverse discrimination
D) structural discrimination
E) systemic discrimination
Question 5Pam organized a birthday party for her sister. She invited all of her neighbors except the new family, the Chos, because they were from South Korea. Which of the following did Pam exhibit by not inviting the Cho family?
A) Xenocentrism
B) Assimilation
C) Acculturation
D) Cultural relativism
E) Discrimination
Question 6Which of the following statements best defines discrimination?
A) It is the process of maintaining many aspects of one's original culture while living peacefully with the host culture.
B) It is the process of adopting the language, values, and beliefs of the host culture.
C) It is a set of beliefs that one's own racial group is inherently superior to other groups.
D) It is behavior that treats people unequally or unfairly because of their group membership.
E) It is the systematic effort to kill all members of a particular ethnic, religious, political, racial, or national group.
Question 7Jocelyn recently applied for an internship. When she did not get selected, Jocelyn complained to her friend, They probably gave the internship to a student belonging to a minority group to fill a racial quota. Jocelyn's comment exemplifies _____.
A) ethnocentrism
B) pluralism
C) tracking
D) scapegoating
E) stereotyping
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