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Race and Ethnic Relations
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A prejudice is an irrational attitude toward certain people based solely on their membership of a certain group.
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Functionalists believe that ethnocentrism helps groups stick together and achieve their goals.
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A split labor market is one in which there are two types of work available and two groups are willing to do the same work for the same wages.
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The authoritarian personality has been linked with prejudice.
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The position of African Americans in society has diminished over the last three decades.
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The ratio of black to white income is virtually the same as it was forty years ago.
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The largest Hispanic group in the United States is Puerto Rican Americans.
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Three out of five Puerto Rican families in the United States live in poverty.
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Congress enacted the Indian Civil Rights Act in 1968.
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Today, the majority of U.S. immigrants come from Asia.
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