Exam 8: Systemic Racism: Other Americans of Color

As recently as 2016, an important survey of white college students found that those who endorsed the model-minority myth in regard to greater Asian American success were more likely to view Asian Americans as ______________________________.

This statute explicitly limited the privilege of naturalized citizenship to "white" immigrants.

In one survey, substantial majorities of Asian American respondents thought that the proverbial American dream was available to their group.

One study found that third-generation ____________ were similar to the second generation in educational and economic terms; they also had lower education and economic levels than whites and blacks, even when controlling for key factors.

Currently, ___________ Americans constitute the largest Asian American group, recorded at four million in the 2010 Census and recently estimated at 4.9 million.

Explain the significance of the Naturalization Act of 1790.

Following the 2016 shooting death of Colten Boushie, of the Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, and the 2018 decision by an all-white jury, presided over by a white judge, to acquit the accused white man who shot him, Canadian Indigenous Studies scholar Robert Alexander Innes explained that Indigenous peoples and African Americans in the U.S. face similar issues. "They see this case and it resonates with them," Innes said, "They've seen it so often in their own communities in dealing with the justice system in the United States." Drawing on examples from Chapter 8, discuss the similarities.

In a large survey of Latino and Asian Americans, a majority of both groups chose whites as the group they were most comfortable with.

Summarize Native American scholar James Fenelon's insights on the term "Redskins."

Illustrate the anti-others aspect of the dominant white racial frame via the example of white hostility to getting rid of racist sports mascots.

Sociologist Hilario Molina interviewed mostly Mexican immigrant day-laborers, who reported:

Positioning one's own nonwhite group closer to whites, infrequently involves the articulation of strongly anti-black views or participation in anti-black discrimination.

Describe the shifting, unstable, and fluctuating positions of racialized groups on the white-to-black racist continuum.

A racist law excluding "undesirable" Chinese immigrants was passed in _____ by the U.S. Congress.

Describe how Latinos are racially mistreated by the police and other government authorities. Be sure to include in your description how local and federal police agencies have often enforced U.S. immigration laws in a way that signals systematic racial profiling.

Asian Americans labeled _______ were given that label because they engaged heavily in behavior linked to their home-country cultures.

Asians considered "too assimilated" by other members of Asian groups are called out as _______________.

Describe how the racist system, developed for African Americans in relation to white communities, was extended to Asian, Native American, and Mexican groups.

Coolie, a racial slur:

Native-themed nicknames and logos have little to no negative affect on the psychological well-being of Native Americans.