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Ethnocentrism refers to

Sociologist have identified five basic properties of a minority group.  Which of the following is not one of those properties?

Amalgamation is represented by the ___________________________ metaphor.

Compared to most Western societies, U.S. sexual attitudes are considered ____________________.

Racism is defined as

In the past, the United States manufactured clothes.  Many clothing corporations have shut down their U.S. factories and relocated to China.  This is an example of:

A person who is biologically female but identifies with the male gender and has undergone surgery to alter her body is considered ___________________ .

Sociologist Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales argued that to function most effectively, the family required adults who specialize in particular roles.  They viewed the traditional gender roles as arising out of the need to establish a division of labor between marital partners. They contended that:

Some sociologist have suggested that in the southern U.S. in the pre-civil rights era, an African-American individual was born into a status that would always be subordinate to the status of all of the White members of the community.  This would be an example of a (an)

Stereotypes can be based on: