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What term was invested by the ancient Greeks to describe a reflexive feeling of hostility to the stranger or Other?

A) Ethnocentrism
B) Xenophobia
C) Nationalism
D) Cultural relativism

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Which of the following processes did Japanese officials engage in to promote the long-term settlement of Japanese immigrants in Brazil?

A) Language training for immigrants
B) Purchasing land that immigrants could settle
C) Cultural education programs for immigrants
D) None-there was no specific effort on the part of Japan to promote settlement

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Which of Hansen's policy suggestions about European immigration do you think is most helpful? Think of an additional policy suggestion and discuss the pros and cons of that policy.

Telles and Bailey conducted an empirical analysis of stratification beliefs across eight Latin American countries. What are the strengths of their research? What are the weaknesses in their methodology?

What do you think are the pros and cons of promoting multiculturalism? How might promoting multiculturalism benefit society, and how might it actually be problematic?

Describe the role of religion in the invention of racism.

Describe what the social reproduction of racial hierarchy means and discuss how this process is embedded in the fabric of the United States.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three steps in the historical migration chain that shaped Europe's current immigration dynamics?

Which of the following factors led Brazil to actively recruit immigrant labor during the beginning of the twentieth century?

Explain why Troy Duster argues for the continuing study of race in societies that use the concept as a means of stratifying members' access to resources. Explain why this is important and discuss how this differs from other organizations' approaches to the connection between race and science.