Exam 4: Contemporary Racial Framing: White Americans

Few whites now believe they suffer more than blacks from racial bias (so-called "reverse racism").

Studies of parents indicate that they overwhelmingly view their children as being colorblind, as having no racial biases.

Addicted heroin users of color are generally criminalized and dealt with unsympathetically in the media, while addicted white opioid users are generally not criminalized and are sympathetically portrayed.

Racist attitudes tend to distort the targeted group's __________.

In Joe Feagin's and Leslie Picca's study of whites-only backstage settings, ____________ appear in a substantial majority of the white-racist commentaries, jokes, and performances reported by students in various geographical regions.

A recent study of 107 white mothers of young white children found all the following EXCEPT:

The dominant racist framing held in white minds encompasses much more than anti-black views. There is also the pro-white subframe. Drawing on the section titled "Imaging the White Self" in Chapter 4, illustrate the pro-white subframe with at least three examples.

A 1940s Gallup poll found strong support for racially integrated conditions in the armed forces.

At the University of Winnipeg where author Kimberley Ducey teaches, the Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR) made Indigenous learning part of the undergraduate degree requirements for all inbound students beginning in 2016. This is one part of what Canadians refer to as "Indigenization strategy" and it is central to the University of Winnipeg's fulfillment of its academic mission to engage with the society in which it is situated. According to the University's website: The University of Winnipeg is located on Treaty One [between Indigenous people and the Canadian government] land in the heart of the Métis Nation [major Indigenous group]. The treaties are agreements which benefit all people, and opened up these lands for settlement. The Métis played a pivotal role in bringing our province into confederation. We believe that as a post-secondary institution, therefore, we must provide an excellent academic experience which is also grounded in the territory in which it is located. This means providing our students with an understanding of the local history, cultures, contemporary issues, languages, and ways of knowing of local Indigenous peoples. . . . The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada has recommended that Indigenous content be taught to future educators, lawyers, health care professionals, social workers, newcomers, public sector employees, and everyone in the private sector. In short, in order for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples to be possible, everyone in Canada, including every student at The University of Winnipeg, should be helped to learn a baseline of knowledge about First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples. Do you think "Indigenization strategies" similar to the one at the University of Winnipeg should be adopted by U.S. universities and collages? Why or why not? What about educational strategies that give attention to the history, cultures, and contemporary issues of other Americans of color? Why or why not?

Drawing on the words of Brian Levin, explain how YouTube is such an effective conduit for the white racial frame.

National opinion surveys before the 1930s found that an overwhelming majority of whites to be openly and unapologetically racist.

In a recent research project involving an examination of a predominantly white neighborhood's email listserv, researchers found that most emails about suspicious people on the listserv centered on black men as supposed threats to the neighborhood.

Official U.S. slavery ended in _____.

Mainstream theories of the cognitive development of children have long suggested that most do not form clear ideas on racial matters until they are five or more years old. Until that age, egocentricity is said to be the child's natural state. Challenge this prevailing view citing research using photos of white and black faces and good/bad word associations and a major ethnographic study of white children in a preschool setting.

Some contemporary analysts argue that the younger white generations, especially millennials (born circa 1982-2004), are more tolerant or less racist than older generations. In contrast, what did the Washington Post recently conclude?

What happened in August 2017 when a white male Google company engineer released a memo criticizing tech industry diversity initiatives for people of color and women?

Most whites, including most political leaders, have been opposed to aggressive affirmative action since it was first proposed in the 1960s.

Describe how the wording of remedial program questions can make a major difference in white responses.

Very rarely have white media commentators or researchers accented strengths of black women, men, and communities.

Compare the white "drug war" - the extensive opioid-drug prescription abuses and addiction of whites that have become central issues in the media, policing, and political campaigns - to earlier versions of the "war on drugs."