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Race and Ethnic Relations
True False

1 .       A prejudice is an irrational attitude toward certain people based solely on their membership of a certain group. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       Functionalists believe that ethnocentrism helps groups stick together and achieve their goals. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       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. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       The authoritarian personality has been linked with prejudice. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       The position of African Americans in society has diminished over the last three decades. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The ratio of black to white income is virtually the same as it was forty years ago. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       The largest Hispanic group in the United States is Puerto Rican Americans. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       Three out of five Puerto Rican families in the United States live in poverty. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       Congress enacted the Indian Civil Rights Act in 1968. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       Today, the majority of U.S. immigrants come from Asia. [Hint]

 
 






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