Question 1

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Racial Triangulation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Asian Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
B)  Native Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
C)  Latinos who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
D)  Biracial Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
E)  Multiracial Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
A)  Asian Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
B)  Native Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
C)  Latinos who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
D)  Biracial Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks. 
E)  Multiracial Americans who have been racialized relative to and through interaction with whites and blacks.

Question 3

Each new immigrant group to the U.S. is placed, principally by dominant whites, somewhere on a ______________________, the still-commonplace measuring stick of social acceptability.

Accepted Answer

A)  white-to-black status continuum 
B)  white dominance continuum 
C)  white hegemony continuum 
D)  white power continuum 
E)  white supremacy continuum 
A)  white-to-black status continuum 
B)  white dominance continuum 
C)  white hegemony continuum 
D)  white power continuum 
E)  white supremacy continuum

Question 4

Interviewing 46 Californians with multiracial ancestry, researchers found all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  those who were Asian-white in parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as either multiracial or white. 
B)  those who were Latino-white in parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as either multiracial or white. 
C)  those who had black-white parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as multiracial or black. 
A)  those who were Asian-white in parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as either multiracial or white. 
B)  those who were Latino-white in parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as either multiracial or white. 
C)  those who had black-white parentage were usually able to self-identify successfully as multiracial or black.

Question 5

In _____, after years of Native American protests and petitions, the name of "Squaw Mountain" was changed to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat as a U.S. soldier.

Accepted Answer

A)  1973 
B)  1983 
C)  1993 
D)  2003 
E)  2013 
A)  1973 
B)  1983 
C)  1993 
D)  2003 
E)  2013

Question 6

Some Americans with ancestral roots in Asia or Latin America have been able to alter their racialized status within the white-dominated society, but only because whites have come to see them as "better" than African Americans in terms of all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural terms. 
B)  physical terms. 
C)  racial terms. 
D)  religious terms. 
A)  cultural terms. 
B)  physical terms. 
C)  racial terms. 
D)  religious terms.

Question 7

Mexican immigrant workers have been lynched by white workers and white union organizers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Model minority imagery:

Accepted Answer

A)  deflects public attention from the more serious negative stereotypes that Asian Americans face. 
B)  keeps Asian Americans from being seen as "real" Americans. 
C)  frustrates attempts by less advantaged Asian Americans to secure the government support they need. 
D)  All the above 
A)  deflects public attention from the more serious negative stereotypes that Asian Americans face. 
B)  keeps Asian Americans from being seen as "real" Americans. 
C)  frustrates attempts by less advantaged Asian Americans to secure the government support they need. 
D)  All the above

Question 9

At various times in history, some Asian and Latino Americans have been accepted by whites in an intermediate racial status, especially if they have all the following traits EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  they are a small part of a local population. 
B)  their intermediate placement is of benefit to whites. 
C)  they have served overseas in the U.S. military. 
D)  they have lighter-skin. 
A)  they are a small part of a local population. 
B)  their intermediate placement is of benefit to whites. 
C)  they have served overseas in the U.S. military. 
D)  they have lighter-skin.

Question 10

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination, including all the following discriminatory situations EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  paid less than the contracted price as day-laborers. 
B)  others acting as though they were very afraid of them. 
C)  being racially threatened. 
D)  treated with less respect than others. 
A)  paid less than the contracted price as day-laborers. 
B)  others acting as though they were very afraid of them. 
C)  being racially threatened. 
D)  treated with less respect than others.

Question 11

In some settings, in the past and the present, Mexican Americans have been able to fight discrimination better than African Americans because:

Accepted Answer

A)  the white discrimination faced by Mexican Americans has often been more informal. 
B)  as a group Mexican Americans have historically had somewhat greater resources to draw on. 
C)  Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in the last century have usually had the ability to maintain strong links to their home country. 
D)  All the above 
A)  the white discrimination faced by Mexican Americans has often been more informal. 
B)  as a group Mexican Americans have historically had somewhat greater resources to draw on. 
C)  Mexican immigrants to the U.S. in the last century have usually had the ability to maintain strong links to their home country. 
D)  All the above

Question 12

The white-crafted model-minority stereotype has reportedly been rejected by most Asian American youth, especially those growing up in predominantly white suburbs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Racist laws in California included a law prohibiting whites from marrying a "negro, mulatto, or Mongolian."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Native Americans were not integral to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century slavery-centered economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Some Latinos have actively tried to reposition their group in the racial spectrum so that they are closer to the side of white privilege and whiteness than to the side of color and minority-group status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

For the first 200 years of colonial development, the only other non-European groups of great concern to European Americans, besides African Americans, were _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Asian Americans. 
B)  Latinos. 
C)  Jewish Americans. 
D)  Native Americans. 
E)  people of mixed bloods, designated the Win Tribe. 
A)  Asian Americans. 
B)  Latinos. 
C)  Jewish Americans. 
D)  Native Americans. 
E)  people of mixed bloods, designated the Win Tribe.

Question 17

A study of affluent white respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, found all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  they generally adopted a post-racial narrative that claimed they were now colorblind and quite unlike the rabidly segregationist whites there in the 1950s-1960s civil rights era. 
B)  they had positive views of some of their black neighbors. 
C)  they only gave positive evaluations to black Alabamans who they felt were actively conforming to white middle-class norms and expectations. 
D)  they overestimated a typical black family's household income by more than 30 percent. 
A)  they generally adopted a post-racial narrative that claimed they were now colorblind and quite unlike the rabidly segregationist whites there in the 1950s-1960s civil rights era. 
B)  they had positive views of some of their black neighbors. 
C)  they only gave positive evaluations to black Alabamans who they felt were actively conforming to white middle-class norms and expectations. 
D)  they overestimated a typical black family's household income by more than 30 percent.

Question 18

Previous court rulings that had determined that those who were partially or totally Asian were not white and were thus ineligible for citizenship remained the criterion for U.S. citizenship until the ______________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  1948 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
B)  1952 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
C)  1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
D)  1970 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
E)  1984 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
A)  1948 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
B)  1952 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
C)  1965 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
D)  1970 Immigration and Nationality Act. 
E)  1984 Immigration and Nationality Act.

Question 19

Recent surveys indicate that a minority of whites view Latinos as racially inferior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

After studying anti-immigrant legislation passed by certain state legislatures, researchers concluded that ideological framing is the most consistently important factor determining legislative responses to newcomers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination.

Racial Triangulation refers to:

Each new immigrant group to the U.S. is placed, principally by dominant whites, somewhere on a ______________________, the still-commonplace measuring stick of social acceptability.

Interviewing 46 Californians with multiracial ancestry, researchers found all the following EXCEPT:

In _____, after years of Native American protests and petitions, the name of "Squaw Mountain" was changed to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat as a U.S. soldier.

Some Americans with ancestral roots in Asia or Latin America have been able to alter their racialized status within the white-dominated society, but only because whites have come to see them as "better" than African Americans in terms of all the following EXCEPT:

Mexican immigrant workers have been lynched by white workers and white union organizers.

Model minority imagery:

At various times in history, some Asian and Latino Americans have been accepted by whites in an intermediate racial status, especially if they have all the following traits EXCEPT:

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination, including all the following discriminatory situations EXCEPT:

In some settings, in the past and the present, Mexican Americans have been able to fight discrimination better than African Americans because:

The white-crafted model-minority stereotype has reportedly been rejected by most Asian American youth, especially those growing up in predominantly white suburbs.

Racist laws in California included a law prohibiting whites from marrying a "negro, mulatto, or Mongolian."

Native Americans were not integral to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century slavery-centered economy.

Some Latinos have actively tried to reposition their group in the racial spectrum so that they are closer to the side of white privilege and whiteness than to the side of color and minority-group status.

For the first 200 years of colonial development, the only other non-European groups of great concern to European Americans, besides African Americans, were _____________.

A study of affluent white respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, found all the following EXCEPT:

Previous court rulings that had determined that those who were partially or totally Asian were not white and were thus ineligible for citizenship remained the criterion for U.S. citizenship until the ______________________.

Recent surveys indicate that a minority of whites view Latinos as racially inferior.

After studying anti-immigrant legislation passed by certain state legislatures, researchers concluded that ideological framing is the most consistently important factor determining legislative responses to newcomers.

Systemic Racism-A Comprehensive Perspective

Slavery Unwilling to Die- the Historical Development of Systemic Racism

The White Racial Frame- a Social Force

Contemporary Racial Framing: White Americans

Racial Oppression Today: Everyday Practice

More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors

White Privileges and Black Burdens: Still Systemic Racism

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Exam 8: Systemic Racism: Other Americans of Color

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination.

Racial Triangulation refers to:

Each new immigrant group to the U.S. is placed, principally by dominant whites, somewhere on a ______________________, the still-commonplace measuring stick of social acceptability.

Interviewing 46 Californians with multiracial ancestry, researchers found all the following EXCEPT:

In _____, after years of Native American protests and petitions, the name of "Squaw Mountain" was changed to Piestewa Peak in honor of Lori Ann Piestewa, the first known Native American woman to die in combat as a U.S. soldier.

Some Americans with ancestral roots in Asia or Latin America have been able to alter their racialized status within the white-dominated society, but only because whites have come to see them as "better" than African Americans in terms of all the following EXCEPT:

Mexican immigrant workers have been lynched by white workers and white union organizers.

Model minority imagery:

At various times in history, some Asian and Latino Americans have been accepted by whites in an intermediate racial status, especially if they have all the following traits EXCEPT:

In a national sample of 800 Latino adults, more than two-thirds reported facing everyday discrimination, including all the following discriminatory situations EXCEPT:

In some settings, in the past and the present, Mexican Americans have been able to fight discrimination better than African Americans because:

The white-crafted model-minority stereotype has reportedly been rejected by most Asian American youth, especially those growing up in predominantly white suburbs.

Racist laws in California included a law prohibiting whites from marrying a "negro, mulatto, or Mongolian."

Native Americans were not integral to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century slavery-centered economy.

Some Latinos have actively tried to reposition their group in the racial spectrum so that they are closer to the side of white privilege and whiteness than to the side of color and minority-group status.

For the first 200 years of colonial development, the only other non-European groups of great concern to European Americans, besides African Americans, were _____________.

A study of affluent white respondents in Birmingham, Alabama, found all the following EXCEPT:

Previous court rulings that had determined that those who were partially or totally Asian were not white and were thus ineligible for citizenship remained the criterion for U.S. citizenship until the ______________________.

Recent surveys indicate that a minority of whites view Latinos as racially inferior.

After studying anti-immigrant legislation passed by certain state legislatures, researchers concluded that ideological framing is the most consistently important factor determining legislative responses to newcomers.

Systemic Racism-A Comprehensive Perspective

Slavery Unwilling to Die- the Historical Development of Systemic Racism

The White Racial Frame- a Social Force

Contemporary Racial Framing: White Americans

Racial Oppression Today: Everyday Practice

More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors

White Privileges and Black Burdens: Still Systemic Racism

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