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Which of the following theories focus on how negative stereotypes can lead  to a “self-fulfilling prophecy” where the stigmatized group begins to exhibit those negative traits?

The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners is

One reason for early opposition to Irish immigration was

Being able to take a job without your coworkers suspecting that you got it because of your race is an example of what Peggy McIntosh calls

Which of the following theoretical perspectives best explains why pollution harms minority groups disproportionately?

People of which of the following sexual orientations is most likely to be victim of a hate crime?

Which racial group is the most common victim of a racial hate crime in the United States?

Which of the following groups have the highest median income in the United States?

On a continuum of social consequences of being in a subordinate group (the book calls it a Spectrum of Intergroup Relations) which of the following social consequences is considered to be the most tolerable for the subordinate group?

In Merton’s typology of prejudice and discrimination, someone who is prejudiced but does not discriminate is labeled as a