1. Which of the following is characteristic of “paternalisticâ€systems of race relations?
| an elaborate etiquette regulates the interaction of members ofdominant and subordinate groups |
| the dominant group views the subordinate group with intensehostility |
| the dominant group constitutes a numerical majority of thepopulation |
| dominant and subordinate groups are physically segregated fromone another |
2. In “paternalistic†systems of race relations, the dominantracial group typically perceives the subordinate racial groupas:
| socially equal, but economically threatening |
| aggressive, uppity, dangerous |
| socially unequal, but economically threatening |
3. As measured by the dissimilarity index, approximately howmany African Americans would have had to change jobs to integratethe U.S. labor force the occupational level in 2003 (i.e., producea distribution of blacks and whites across all jobs that equalstheir distribution in the labor force?
4. What sociologists call the “rule of hypo-descent†is the rulethat:
| multi-racial individuals are regarded as members of thedominant racial group |
| multi-racial individuals are regarded as members of a categorystanding “between†black and white |
| individuals with any visible ancestry among the raciallysubordinate group are regarded as members of the subordinategroup |
| individuals with any visible ancestry among the raciallydominant group are regarded as members of the dominant group |
5. According to Warren and Twine, which groups did the dominantracial/ethnic group consider to be “white†in the U.S. in the firsthalf of the 19th Century?
| people of English ancestry |
6. Warren and Twine argue that, historically, “non-whites†inthe U.S. became “white†by distancing themselves from “blacks.†Inpractice, this meant:
| joining the same churches as blacks |
| living in the same neighborhoods as blacks |
| giving their children “black†names |
| marrying members of their own group or marrying whites |
