Question 1

Where for most whites does the socialization in racist attitudes begin?

Accepted Answer

For most white individuals, the socialization in racist attitudes often begins in the home and family environment. From a young age, children observe and absorb the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of their parents, siblings, and extended family members. If family members hold prejudiced views or engage in discriminatory behavior, children may learn to emulate these attitudes as normal or acceptable.

In addition to the family, socialization in racist attitudes can also occur through various other channels, such as:

1. Peer Groups: As children grow and interact with peers, they may encounter and adopt racist attitudes prevalent within their social circles.

2. Education System: The content of educational materials and the perspectives taught in schools can influence the development of racial attitudes. A curriculum that lacks diversity or presents a biased view of history can contribute to the perpetuation of racist ideas.

3. Media: Exposure to certain types of media, including television, movies, news outlets, and social media, can shape perceptions about different racial and ethnic groups. Media representations that reinforce stereotypes or provide unbalanced portrayals can contribute to the development of racist attitudes.

4. Community and Societal Norms: The broader community and societal norms, including laws, policies, and cultural practices, can either challenge or reinforce racist attitudes. Living in a society where systemic racism is present can normalize discriminatory behavior.

5. Historical Context: The historical context in which individuals are raised, including the legacy of colonialism, slavery, and segregation, can have a lasting impact on racial attitudes and the socialization process.

It is important to note that socialization is a complex process, and individuals have the capacity to learn, unlearn, and relearn attitudes and behaviors throughout their lives. Education, exposure to diverse perspectives, and critical self-reflection are key factors in challenging and changing racist attitudes that may have been internalized during early socialization.

Question 2

In one social science study, white and other nonblack college students who were exposed to black faces were quicker in recognizing hazy drawings of apes than those not exposed to black faces.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

In recent decades, opinion surveys of whites indicate that most oppose racial discrimination.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Many research studies have shown that whites' racist thought or action against black Americans is frequently precipitated by a visual or verbal cue. What is probably the most common cue?

Accepted Answer

A)  perceived black speech accents. 
B)  perceived black mannerisms. 
C)  lightness or darkness of skin. 
D)  the black body. 
E)  hair style and/or texture. 
A)  perceived black speech accents. 
B)  perceived black mannerisms. 
C)  lightness or darkness of skin. 
D)  the black body. 
E)  hair style and/or texture.

Question 5

What role does popular culture play in whites learning racism? Consider, for example, the video gaming subculture and its plentiful examples of the racial framing of both whites and people of color.

Accepted Answer

Popular culture plays a significant role

Question 6

A 2017 study of the conservative Fox cable channel examined their coverage of the shooting of an unarmed black male teenager by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The researcher found that Fox did all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  largely operate from a negative and racist framing of black people. 
B)  victim blame the black male teenager, black community, and blacks and others who protested that police killing. 
C)  engage in white defensive actions, arguing that whites' fear of even the presence of black men is "rational" because of the official black crime rate. 
D)  ignore well-documented police malpractice issues across the U.S. 
A)  largely operate from a negative and racist framing of black people. 
B)  victim blame the black male teenager, black community, and blacks and others who protested that police killing. 
C)  engage in white defensive actions, arguing that whites' fear of even the presence of black men is "rational" because of the official black crime rate. 
D)  ignore well-documented police malpractice issues across the U.S.

Question 7

A 1990s national survey asked whites to evaluate on a scale how work-oriented blacks are. Almost 60 percent of whites surveyed ranked blacks at the hardworking end.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

________________ has done extensive analyses of how racial oppression intersects with gender oppression, and how fully understanding this reality forms a distinctive black feminist epistemological perspective and brings a "paradigmatic shift in how we think about oppression."

Accepted Answer

A)  Patricia Hill Collins 
B)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
C)  Philomena Essed 
D)  Yanick St. Jean 
E)  Adia Wingfield 
A)  Patricia Hill Collins 
B)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
C)  Philomena Essed 
D)  Yanick St. Jean 
E)  Adia Wingfield

Question 9

Gendered racism is regularly inscribed in the bodies of black women, including the imaging of black women as "jungle bunnies." Describe how white notions of blackness have frequently been loaded with sexuality.

Accepted Answer

White notions of blackness have often be

Question 10

Location, but not context, are often important in the expression of racist framing and actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

__________ suggests that common stereotypes (such as the rapist, deviant, and criminal) rationalize the deaths of black men amongst white individuals and manufacture consensus about the levels of violence imposed upon them by the larger white society.

Accepted Answer

A)  Tommy Curry 
B)  Patricia Hill Collins 
C)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
D)  Adia Wingfield 
E)  Kamesha Spates 
A)  Tommy Curry 
B)  Patricia Hill Collins 
C)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
D)  Adia Wingfield 
E)  Kamesha Spates

Question 12

Discuss how through the centuries, via various means (e.g., mainstream mass media, the educational system, workplaces, and churches) powerful whites have regularly pressured and manipulated rank-and-file whites to accept important elements of the dominant racist framing and created specific racist images that are implemented features of that frame.

Accepted Answer

Throughout history, powerful whites have

Question 13

Explain why the realities of individual stereotyping and prejudice must NOT be disconnected from the larger racial framing and from widespread discriminatory practices.

Accepted Answer

The realities of individual stereotyping

Question 14

In a 1963 survey, 50 percent of whites polls said they would object to a black family moving next door to them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

________________ has studied the ways in which black women have been portrayed "as stereotypical mammies, matriarchs, welfare recipients, and hot mommas," concluding this portrayal "has been essential to the political economy of domination fostering Black women's oppression."

Accepted Answer

A)  Patricia Hill Collins 
B)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
C)  Philomena Essed 
D)  Yanick St. Jean 
E)  Adia Wingfield 
A)  Patricia Hill Collins 
B)  Kimberlé Crenshaw 
C)  Philomena Essed 
D)  Yanick St. Jean 
E)  Adia Wingfield

Question 16

Discuss white group isolation and its consequences, including the impact on white children living in isolation from other racial groups.

Accepted Answer

White group isolation refers to the phen

Question 17

In one social science study, white students' blacks-as-apes mental connections, primed by ape-related words, tended to shape their willingness to accept more police violence against a black criminal suspect than against a similar white suspect when these students were shown videos of police violence.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

An experimental study found that exposing white subjects to news portrayals of white and black perpetrators of rape crimes resulted in more punitive judgments about black perpetrators than white perpetrators.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Discuss how actual drug-using and drug-dealing reveals the substantial racial bias in the operation of government punitive policies, including in the policing and judicial systems.

Accepted Answer

The actual drug-using and drug-dealing a

Question 20

Trace whites' tendency to believe racial discrimination is no longer an important problem, from 1960s to today.

Accepted Answer

In the 1960s, many white individuals bel

Where for most whites does the socialization in racist attitudes begin?

In one social science study, white and other nonblack college students who were exposed to black faces were quicker in recognizing hazy drawings of apes than those not exposed to black faces.

In recent decades, opinion surveys of whites indicate that most oppose racial discrimination.

Many research studies have shown that whites' racist thought or action against black Americans is frequently precipitated by a visual or verbal cue. What is probably the most common cue?

What role does popular culture play in whites learning racism? Consider, for example, the video gaming subculture and its plentiful examples of the racial framing of both whites and people of color.

A 2017 study of the conservative Fox cable channel examined their coverage of the shooting of an unarmed black male teenager by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The researcher found that Fox did all the following EXCEPT:

A 1990s national survey asked whites to evaluate on a scale how work-oriented blacks are. Almost 60 percent of whites surveyed ranked blacks at the hardworking end.

________________ has done extensive analyses of how racial oppression intersects with gender oppression, and how fully understanding this reality forms a distinctive black feminist epistemological perspective and brings a "paradigmatic shift in how we think about oppression."

Gendered racism is regularly inscribed in the bodies of black women, including the imaging of black women as "jungle bunnies." Describe how white notions of blackness have frequently been loaded with sexuality.

Location, but not context, are often important in the expression of racist framing and actions.

__________ suggests that common stereotypes (such as the rapist, deviant, and criminal) rationalize the deaths of black men amongst white individuals and manufacture consensus about the levels of violence imposed upon them by the larger white society.

Explain why the realities of individual stereotyping and prejudice must NOT be disconnected from the larger racial framing and from widespread discriminatory practices.

In a 1963 survey, 50 percent of whites polls said they would object to a black family moving next door to them.

________________ has studied the ways in which black women have been portrayed "as stereotypical mammies, matriarchs, welfare recipients, and hot mommas," concluding this portrayal "has been essential to the political economy of domination fostering Black women's oppression."

Discuss white group isolation and its consequences, including the impact on white children living in isolation from other racial groups.

An experimental study found that exposing white subjects to news portrayals of white and black perpetrators of rape crimes resulted in more punitive judgments about black perpetrators than white perpetrators.

Discuss how actual drug-using and drug-dealing reveals the substantial racial bias in the operation of government punitive policies, including in the policing and judicial systems.

Trace whites' tendency to believe racial discrimination is no longer an important problem, from 1960s to today.

Systemic Racism-A Comprehensive Perspective

Slavery Unwilling to Die- the Historical Development of Systemic Racism

The White Racial Frame- a Social Force

Racial Oppression Today: Everyday Practice

More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors

White Privileges and Black Burdens: Still Systemic Racism

Systemic Racism: Other Americans of Color

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Exam 4: Contemporary Racial Framing: White Americans

Where for most whites does the socialization in racist attitudes begin?

In one social science study, white and other nonblack college students who were exposed to black faces were quicker in recognizing hazy drawings of apes than those not exposed to black faces.

In recent decades, opinion surveys of whites indicate that most oppose racial discrimination.

Many research studies have shown that whites' racist thought or action against black Americans is frequently precipitated by a visual or verbal cue. What is probably the most common cue?

What role does popular culture play in whites learning racism? Consider, for example, the video gaming subculture and its plentiful examples of the racial framing of both whites and people of color.

A 2017 study of the conservative Fox cable channel examined their coverage of the shooting of an unarmed black male teenager by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri. The researcher found that Fox did all the following EXCEPT:

A 1990s national survey asked whites to evaluate on a scale how work-oriented blacks are. Almost 60 percent of whites surveyed ranked blacks at the hardworking end.

________________ has done extensive analyses of how racial oppression intersects with gender oppression, and how fully understanding this reality forms a distinctive black feminist epistemological perspective and brings a "paradigmatic shift in how we think about oppression."

Gendered racism is regularly inscribed in the bodies of black women, including the imaging of black women as "jungle bunnies." Describe how white notions of blackness have frequently been loaded with sexuality.

Location, but not context, are often important in the expression of racist framing and actions.

__________ suggests that common stereotypes (such as the rapist, deviant, and criminal) rationalize the deaths of black men amongst white individuals and manufacture consensus about the levels of violence imposed upon them by the larger white society.

Explain why the realities of individual stereotyping and prejudice must NOT be disconnected from the larger racial framing and from widespread discriminatory practices.

In a 1963 survey, 50 percent of whites polls said they would object to a black family moving next door to them.

________________ has studied the ways in which black women have been portrayed "as stereotypical mammies, matriarchs, welfare recipients, and hot mommas," concluding this portrayal "has been essential to the political economy of domination fostering Black women's oppression."

Discuss white group isolation and its consequences, including the impact on white children living in isolation from other racial groups.

An experimental study found that exposing white subjects to news portrayals of white and black perpetrators of rape crimes resulted in more punitive judgments about black perpetrators than white perpetrators.

Discuss how actual drug-using and drug-dealing reveals the substantial racial bias in the operation of government punitive policies, including in the policing and judicial systems.

Trace whites' tendency to believe racial discrimination is no longer an important problem, from 1960s to today.

Systemic Racism-A Comprehensive Perspective

Slavery Unwilling to Die- the Historical Development of Systemic Racism

The White Racial Frame- a Social Force

Racial Oppression Today: Everyday Practice

More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors

White Privileges and Black Burdens: Still Systemic Racism

Systemic Racism: Other Americans of Color

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