Q/A

Chapter Objective Questions

Please be sure to fully answer each of these questions in complete sentences.  Please note that in answering these questions you are showing me that you not only read the text, but that you understood it.  Consequently, your answers should be comprehensive and detailed. 

 

1.  What is the difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities as well as the differences between prejudice and discrimination?  Be sure to give an example of each. 

2. Discuss one way in which prejudice and bigotry are manifested in the individual and one way in which they are also manifested in social structures.  Be sure to provide a solution for each of these sources of prejudice.  

3.  What is institutional discrimination?  Choose two institutions (education, housing, employment, and the justice system) and summarize how institutional discrimination is manifested in them.  At the end of each summary, be sure to propose a solution to remedy this problem.  

4.  According to the video "How to be an Antiracist," what are the differences between being racist and being an Antiracist?  Based on these definitions, how would you define yourself and why?  In other words, would you be defined as a racist or an Antiracist?  Be sure to explain your reasoning.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzuOlyyQlug