Race & Ethnicity: Crash Course Sociology #34

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1. Race is used to categorize people who share
biological traits that a society thinks are
important.

a. What is the so-called “one drop” rule in the U.S.?

the smallest amount of ancestry is enough to classify as a certain race

b. How does ethnicity differ from race?

ethnicity has a shared cultural heritage like language and religion

c. A latinoamericano is someone whose heritage originates from nations in the

Americas that are south of the united states, including Mexico, all of South
America, and the Caribbean.

d. A person’s race influences a whole host of social outcome from their education to
their income to their experiences with the criminal justice system.

e. How do sociologists define “minority”?

distinguished by physical or cultural difference that society sets apart

i. The definition doesn’t say anything about the size of the group.

f. What are the six different categories used by U.S. Census to collect data about the
demographics of the country?
white, black, American Indian, Asian, native American/ Hawaiian, some other race

i. What race do you identify as? Why?

Asian because that’s my race

ii. What ethnicity do you identify as? Why?

Vietnamese because that’s what I am

iii. In all likelihood, the way that the government

defines race will continue to change.