Exam 4: Contemporary Racial Framing: White Americans

How have post-1990s congressional welfare reforms been influenced by the enduring white mythology of the "welfare queen" and other gendered-racist framing?

White first- and fourth-graders attending heavily white schools where they had very little contact with African Americans:

This term arose from pioneering work by Harvard sociologist Lawrence Bobo and his colleagues wherein negative stereotypes of African Americans shape public policy in pernicious but ostensibly race-neutral ways.

Describe the pro-white and anti-others framing of the video games discussed by Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey. Do you know of other video games that engage in the racial framing of whites and people of color? If so, describe them.

Recent social science researchers have found that whites, but not other nonblacks, tend to view black men as more physically threatening and more capable of doing them harm than young white men.

National opinion surveys in the 1930s showed strong support for overtly racist views amongst white.

One recent study found that a greater presence of white workers in a government welfare agency decreases the likelihood of a negative termination of assistance for black welfare recipients and for similar white recipients.

In the 1960s, a majority of white respondents polled said they disapproved of a voting rights law.

An American National Election Study found that on a seven-point rating scale (from "hard working" to "lazy") the majority of whites rated whites as harder working than blacks.

In a 1970s survey of mostly white local and national leaders in business, which of the following groups was then overwhelmingly opposed to specific affirmative action for black Americans in school admissions and jobs.

Explain Tommy Curry's argument about white patriarchal societies and in-group, out-group dynamics.

If anti-black discrimination is no longer regarded as a major or well-institutionalized problem by the white majority, what consequences are there for aggressive antidiscrimination efforts by local, state, and federal governments?

Reflecting on Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's study of whites' backstage views, do you think online sites could or even should close comments sections on news stories about Americans of color? The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) did so in 2015. They closed comments on online stories about Indigenous peoples after a disproportionate number of them were determined to be hateful and vitriolic.

Discuss how popular culture socializes many people into extreme versions of the white racial frame via white-power and other white-framed music that carries racist, nationalistic, and authoritarian themes.

Explain what sociologist Maurice Halbwachs meant when he suggested that our individual grasp of society is not just in some corner of our mind to which only we have contact.

Significant research shows that many white children do not engage in racist framing.

Coining the term intersectionality for critical race studies, ________________ has critiqued mainstream feminist studies for neglecting the intersectional position of black women, who jointly face systemic sexism and systemic racism.

Framing black Americans in negative terms and framing whites in positive terms are perspectives shaped by elite indoctrination, such as through the media.

You and a fellow student are discussing black male protests against policing racism. She tells you that white defensive actions to even the presence of black men is "rational" because of the official black crime rate. Explain to her why her argument is part of white racial framing and incredibly flawed.

Support Joe Feagin's and Kimberley Ducey's contention that "[r]eal racial equality has never been on the action agenda for most whites."