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Prof. Prior
SOC 1
9 June 2017
1. What is racial profiling? Provide examples of how law enforcement, government officials and/or
ordinary citizens use racial profiling in the aftermath of 9/11. (review Arizona case). How might
based on their racial or ethnical characteristics than their actions or behavior. The law
enforcements categorization of people based on how they look has increasingly become
apparent within society. Racial profiling has caused some problems and concerns in the past,
such as with Arizona passing an act which requires immigrants to carry legal documents
validating their immigration and gives the law enforcement the ability to inquire and check any
past offenders immigration status based on suspicion that the person is not in the country
legally. These concerns have carried onto impacting how law enforcement, government officials,
and ordinary citizens view Arabs or Muslims after 9/11. The destruction and tragedy the two
terrorists caused during 9/11 has made people regard Arabs and Muslims as suspicious threats
and resulted in the increased monitoring of these particular race of immigrants. The contact
hypothesis may help lessen the prejudice associated with discrimination as it creates a common
setting aside their stereotypes of each other, and learning that they were not so different despite
their race.
2. Discuss various ethnocentric practices historically used by those in power that have contributed
Historically, racism and discrimination has been prominent for many years within society
and has shaped how future generations view racial and minority groups. Ethnocentric practices in
history have had a hand in contributing to these prejudicial attitudes such as the Armenian
Genocide or the Hitlers mass extermination of Jews, gays, lesbians, and Romani people. The
segregation, and pluralism has enabled such prejudice to carry on into our societal views of
minorities. Expulsion or the purging of a group of people from society has been done by
countless countries like the Chinese from Vietnam and the Croats and Muslims from former
Yugoslavia. The removal of specific groups label them as unwanted by the country and
portraying such racial groups as outsiders. Amalgamation can be seen in the United States as a
melting pot in the 20th century, creating a variety of unique cultural-racial groups occurring
through intermarriage over several generations. While the melting pot suggested that the
amalgamation of racial groups was to unite the people as one, in actuality, however, many
groups were unwilling to involve several minorities (e.g. Native Americans and Blacks) into the
How can this concept (social construction of race) be applied to Americans from multiple racial
backgrounds?
The social construction of race is the concept of ascribing racial or ethnic characteristics
The concept of race has evolved across cultures and generations with labels for racial groups
implying to their regions or indicating their skin tones. If viewed through the symbolic
physical appearance. The method of categorizing racial groups through the social construction of
race is not very reliable. When applied to Native Americans or African Americans, Whites
would be considered to be superior in terms of acquiring resources, prestige, and respect socially,
4. Define the term model minority. Discuss which minority group is perceived as living up
The model minority is considered as the inferior groups (i.e. the subordinate groups)
and economically. Asian Americans are often portrayed as the model minority group, having
been successful in bypassing others into getting a higher education and more job opportunities
with stable income. While they are seen as a model minority due to their outstanding abilities in
educational subjects and skills, they are still susceptible to the glass ceiling and the limitations of