Classify types of racial and ethnic integration by matching each scenario with a

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Classify types of racial and ethnic integration by matching each scenario with a type of integration. A Restrictive covenants, which barred homeowners from selling or leasing their Individual discrimination Ethnocentrism Institutional discrimination: exclusion Institutional discrimination: segregation Racism homes to nonwhites, were common in many neighborhoods across the U.S. Although they were outlawed by a 1948 Supreme Court decision, exclusion continued. Private developers could still refuse to sell homes to nonwhites, and real estate agents steered nonwhite prospective homebuyers away from white neighborhoods. v B.When Social Security was enacted in 1935, it provided benefits to all occupations except agricultural and domestic workers. At that time, 85% of black workers were in these two industries C. During the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, it was agreed that slaves were to be considered three-fifths of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation. Blacks were also regarded as property and seen as intellectually inferior to whites. D. A person will not rent an apartment to someone of a different race. E. A Westerner thinks that using chopsticks at every meal to eat is strange, silly, or a stupid" way to eat

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A. Is an instance of Institutional discrimination : segregation as the neighbourhood community only allowed ‘all white’ residents and prevented non whites from buying a property in their neighborhood.

B is an example of institutional discrimination of the exclusion type as it meant that social s3curity benefits were extended to all but the African American groups.

C exemplifies racism wherein the Black community was socially marginalised in the political system of taxation and representation and were assigned an 8nferior status.

D. Presents a situation of individual discrimination wherein a person is taking a decision based on his or her personally biased attitude against the other’s racial background.

E. Shows ethnocentrism wherein a Westerner is judging the South east Asian cultural practice of using chopsticks from his/ her own cultural standpoint rather than that of the culture where it is a common and natural practice.

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