Social Inequality & Diversity Flashcards
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Which sociological measure captures the cumulative disadvantage faced by a racial group across health, education, housing, and criminal justice outcomes?
Answer: Composite racial inequality index
A composite racial inequality index aggregates outcomes across multiple life domains to capture the breadth of racial disadvantage beyond any single metric.
Which concept explains why token members of minority groups often face heightened visibility and performance pressure in majority-dominated settings?
Answer: Tokenism
Rosabeth Moss Kanter's concept of tokenism describes how individuals who are numerically rare in a setting face disproportionate scrutiny and pressure to represent their group.
A sociological practitioner working with a Native American community should be most aware of which historical policy's ongoing effects?
Answer: Forced assimilation through boarding schools
Federal boarding school policies forcibly separated Native children from families and culture, producing intergenerational trauma that practitioners must consider.
When a corporation publicly commits to diversity goals but makes no structural changes to hiring or promotion, this is most accurately called:
Answer: Performative diversity (diversity washing)
Performative diversity or 'diversity washing' refers to symbolic commitments to inclusion that lack substantive organizational change.
The 'school-to-prison pipeline' concept describes how:
Answer: Disciplinary policies in schools disproportionately criminalize minority youth
Zero-tolerance policies, police presence in schools, and racial bias in discipline push minority students out of education and into the criminal justice system.
Which term in sociology refers to the phenomenon where wealth automatically generates more wealth, widening inequality over time?
Answer: The Matthew Effect
The Matthew Effect, named after the biblical verse, describes how initial advantages in resources or recognition compound over time to produce greater inequality.
A sociological practitioner conducting a community needs assessment should use which approach to best capture the perspectives of marginalized groups?
Answer: Participatory action research involving community members as co-researchers
Participatory action research (PAR) centers marginalized voices by involving community members as active collaborators, producing more culturally valid and actionable findings.