The two general ways in which individuals acquire their ethnic identity. | self-identification and imposition by others |
The kinds of individuals who are most likely to have their ethnic identity assigned to them by others. (Hint: think in terms of those who have political and economic power in contrast to those who do not.) | those who are powerless |
A broad term referring to Spanish and/or Latin American cultural traditions or someone with those traditions. The term was created by federal bureaucrats working under President Nixon in the early 1970's. | Hispanic (or Latino) |
Ethnic groups that are now most often portrayed negatively in Hollywood movies and TV shows as irrational villains in action films. (Hint: in the 20th century, Japanese, Germans, Russians, Chinese, African Americans, and Native Americans, were also portrayed by Hollywood with negative stereotypes.) | Arabs, Iranians, Afghans and other Moslems |
The nations that created new ethnic groups in their colonies in order to facilitate ruling their indigenous subjects. | Mostly Western European countries (e.g., Britain, France, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, and Netherlands) |
The two “racial” groups that have not been subdivided into smaller more specific groupings in the U.S. Census over the last several decades. | “black” and “white” |
The African nation that had an official “apartheid” policy until the early 1990’s. In this system, there were four officially enforced categories of "races", and Europeans held most positions of political and economic power. | Republic of South Africa |
The term used in the Spanish colonial American empire to refer to people of European and Native American mixture. This term is still used in Mexico and Central America today. | mestizo |
The term used in the Spanish colonial American empire to refer to people of European and African mixture. This term is still used in Mexico and Central America today. | mulato |