Question 1

Talk about:
-Implicit bias

Accepted Answer

prejudice

Question 2

According to Alexander, what was the motive behind the War on Drugs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Reducing rising drug crime 
B)  Stopping the emergence of crack cocaine in inner city communities 
C)  Both a and b 
D)  Neither a nor b 
A)  Reducing rising drug crime 
B)  Stopping the emergence of crack cocaine in inner city communities 
C)  Both a and b 
D)  Neither a nor b

Question 3

According to King, the white moderate is more devoted to _______ than _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  law; order 
B)  love; money 
C)  reputation; righteousness 
D)  order; justice 
A)  law; order 
B)  love; money 
C)  reputation; righteousness 
D)  order; justice

Question 4

According to Anderson, conservative opposition to integration rests on the idea that

Accepted Answer

A)  segregation is due to voluntary self-segregation. 
B)  attempts to actively promote integration are self-defeating. 
C)  integration is not a goal worth achieving. 
D)  Both a and b 
A)  segregation is due to voluntary self-segregation. 
B)  attempts to actively promote integration are self-defeating. 
C)  integration is not a goal worth achieving. 
D)  Both a and b

Question 5

According to Hausman, which of the following is capable of justifying preferential hiring and admissions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rectifying injustice 
B)  Acknowledging past injustices and compensating victims 
C)  Equalizing opportunity 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Rectifying injustice 
B)  Acknowledging past injustices and compensating victims 
C)  Equalizing opportunity 
D)  All of the above

Question 6

According to Anderson, Americans have largely attained which stage(s) of integration?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only formal desegregation 
B)  Only formal desegregation and spatial integration 
C)  Only formal desegregation, spatial integration, and formal social integration 
D)  Formal desegregation, spatial integration, formal social integration, and informal social integration 
A)  Only formal desegregation 
B)  Only formal desegregation and spatial integration 
C)  Only formal desegregation, spatial integration, and formal social integration 
D)  Formal desegregation, spatial integration, formal social integration, and informal social integration

Question 7

Case Study
A graduate program at an elite research university has been criticized for admitting predominantly white students. The chair of the admissions committee takes these criticisms to heart. She believes that there are several reasons to admit a class with greater racial diversity. First, she believes it is important to use her position of privilege and power to do what she can to correct for past injustices that have held back people of color. She also believes that it is better for the graduate program to have more perspectives represented, and so there is a great value in admitting students from a wider variety of backgrounds.
With this goal of making the program more diverse and inclusive in mind, she introduces a new policy for evaluating applicants. She is wary of implicit bias affecting the way faculty rank applicants. So, instead of asking the faculty on the committee to rank applicants according to the strength of their dossiers, she separates the applications into two groups. The first group contains white applicants and the second group contains applicants who are people of color. She asks the faculty on the committee to rank the applicants in both piles and then admits the top five students from each pile.
-Part of the admissions chair's motivation is to enact reparative justice. Is this form of reparative justice appropriate? Is it an adequate way of responding to the fact that past injustices continue to unfairly advantage members of some groups?

Accepted Answer

The approach taken by the admissions cha

Question 8

Which of the following does King reject?

Accepted Answer

A)  The "extremist" label 
B)  Evading the law 
C)  Direct action 
D)  Respect for law 
A)  The "extremist" label 
B)  Evading the law 
C)  Direct action 
D)  Respect for law

Question 9

Talk about:
-Compensation

Accepted Answer

the means of restoring those who have be

Question 10

What is the purpose of direct action, according to King?

Accepted Answer

A)  To create a crisis situation that it will force negotiation 
B)  To intimidate political leaders into accepting the demands of protestors 
C)  To precipitate violence 
D)  None of the above 
A)  To create a crisis situation that it will force negotiation 
B)  To intimidate political leaders into accepting the demands of protestors 
C)  To precipitate violence 
D)  None of the above

Question 11

Which is true of defenders of the Equal Opportunity Argument?

Accepted Answer

A)  They argue that affirmative action does not help society meet its moral requirements. 
B)  They claim we already live in a society of equal opportunity. 
C)  They think racial minorities are the only group that lacks equality of opportunity. 
D)  They hope that one day there will be no need for affirmative action. 
A)  They argue that affirmative action does not help society meet its moral requirements. 
B)  They claim we already live in a society of equal opportunity. 
C)  They think racial minorities are the only group that lacks equality of opportunity. 
D)  They hope that one day there will be no need for affirmative action.

Question 12

Talk about:
-Racism

Accepted Answer

the belief that memb

Question 13

Which of the following is a premise in the Reparations Argument?

Accepted Answer

A)  If one party has imposed systemic harms on members of a targeted group, then the wrongdoer is morally required to provide reparations to the victims. 
B)  The U.S. government has imposed systemic harms on women. 
C)  If one party has imposed system harms on members of a targeted group, it is morally permissible for the wrongdoer to provide reparations to the victims. 
D)  The U.S. government owes reparations to at least two targeted groups: Native Americans and African Americans. 
A)  If one party has imposed systemic harms on members of a targeted group, then the wrongdoer is morally required to provide reparations to the victims. 
B)  The U.S. government has imposed systemic harms on women. 
C)  If one party has imposed system harms on members of a targeted group, it is morally permissible for the wrongdoer to provide reparations to the victims. 
D)  The U.S. government owes reparations to at least two targeted groups: Native Americans and African Americans.

Question 14

According to Alexander, the US criminal justice functions more like a _______ than a system of crime control.

Accepted Answer

A)  caste system 
B)  big business 
C)  political enterprise 
D)  criminal syndicate 
A)  caste system 
B)  big business 
C)  political enterprise 
D)  criminal syndicate

Question 15

Which of the following is true about implicit biases?

Accepted Answer

A)  Researchers aim to measure them with Implicit Association Tests. 
B)  Subjects are not consciously aware of them. 
C)  Some research suggests that they can lead to discrimination against minorities. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Researchers aim to measure them with Implicit Association Tests. 
B)  Subjects are not consciously aware of them. 
C)  Some research suggests that they can lead to discrimination against minorities. 
D)  All of the above

Question 16

Case Study
A graduate program at an elite research university has been criticized for admitting predominantly white students. The chair of the admissions committee takes these criticisms to heart. She believes that there are several reasons to admit a class with greater racial diversity. First, she believes it is important to use her position of privilege and power to do what she can to correct for past injustices that have held back people of color. She also believes that it is better for the graduate program to have more perspectives represented, and so there is a great value in admitting students from a wider variety of backgrounds.
With this goal of making the program more diverse and inclusive in mind, she introduces a new policy for evaluating applicants. She is wary of implicit bias affecting the way faculty rank applicants. So, instead of asking the faculty on the committee to rank applicants according to the strength of their dossiers, she separates the applications into two groups. The first group contains white applicants and the second group contains applicants who are people of color. She asks the faculty on the committee to rank the applicants in both piles and then admits the top five students from each pile.
-Is this affirmative action policy morally good? Is there anything morally bad about it? Is there anything else this chair should be doing to counteract the white privilege of some applicants?

Accepted Answer

The affirmative action policy introduced

Question 17

Talk about:
-Affirmative action

Accepted Answer

a social policy that increases

Question 18

Talk about:
-Redlining

Accepted Answer

the practice of denying servic

Question 19

According to King, what must be the case in order for direct action to be morally acceptable?

Accepted Answer

A)  It must be nonviolent. 
B)  It must only be used as a last resort after negotiation has failed. 
C)  Participants must be willing to accept the penalty. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  It must be nonviolent. 
B)  It must only be used as a last resort after negotiation has failed. 
C)  Participants must be willing to accept the penalty. 
D)  All of the above

Question 20

The racism in reverse argument claims that "race is almost always not a qualification." Hausman thinks that this claim is debatable because

Accepted Answer

A)  race is a qualification when hiring actors to portray people of color. 
B)  diversity arguably serves legitimate goals of universities and some firms. 
C)  segregation arguably serves legitimate goals of universities and some firms. 
D)  None of the above 
A)  race is a qualification when hiring actors to portray people of color. 
B)  diversity arguably serves legitimate goals of universities and some firms. 
C)  segregation arguably serves legitimate goals of universities and some firms. 
D)  None of the above

Exam 18: The Legacy of Racism

Talk about: -Implicit bias

According to Alexander, what was the motive behind the War on Drugs?

According to King, the white moderate is more devoted to _______ than _______.

According to Anderson, conservative opposition to integration rests on the idea that

According to Hausman, which of the following is capable of justifying preferential hiring and admissions?

According to Anderson, Americans have largely attained which stage(s) of integration?

Which of the following does King reject?

Talk about: -Compensation

What is the purpose of direct action, according to King?

Which is true of defenders of the Equal Opportunity Argument?

Talk about: -Racism

Which of the following is a premise in the Reparations Argument?

According to Alexander, the US criminal justice functions more like a _______ than a system of crime control.

Which of the following is true about implicit biases?

Talk about: -Affirmative action

Talk about: -Redlining

According to King, what must be the case in order for direct action to be morally acceptable?

The racism in reverse argument claims that "race is almost always not a qualification." Hausman thinks that this claim is debatable because

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