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Prejudices are rarely judgements of others.

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If a minority immigrant group keeps their culture and adapts the mainstream culture,then they have practiced assimilation by:

A) substitution.
B) subtraction.
C) addition.
D) multiplication.

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An unfavorable attitude toward people because they belong to a certain group is called:

The authors argued that according to the Anglo-conformity model,the very meaning of the word "American" had become:

Natives had little influence on the survival and subsistence of the European settlers.

Define cultural assimilation by substitution and by addition and provide an example for each.

Structural assimilation focuses on ________ relationships,according to Gordon.

Describe ten ways in which America has become a pluralist society,providing evidence for your claims.

Describe the basic differences between separationist and secessionist ideologies.How might the U.S.Federal Government respond to a large scale movement from either of these perspectives?

A complete merger means no more prejudice nor discrimination will occur between the minority group and dominant group members.

According to your text,as the English colonized the North American continent,the Native Indians had to conform or:

The melting-pot ideology ________ the idea that the Anglo-American core should remain as it was before assimilation occurred.

Blauner argued that "the communities of color in America share essential conditions with Third World nations abroad." These include all of the following,except:

The most important alternative to assimilation theory is ________ ________ according to the authors.

When majority and minority group members have the belief that they are part of the same ethnic group,________ assimilation has occurred.

Any group wishing to complete Anglo-conformity assimilation must continue to struggle over values and power.

Briefly explain who benefits the most from Anglo-conformity,cultural pluralist,and separationist perspectives.

Which model do the authors use as their reference point for this book?

According to the Anglo-conformity model,which goals concerning assimilation have both groups agreeing that the other's group members will be accepted as close friends and members of their primary groups?

Any group wishing to complete Anglo-conformity assimilation must go beyond intermarriage.