Question 1

Identify the main factors that determine race in the Dominican Republic.

Accepted Answer

In the Dominican Republic, skin color is a key signifier, with numerous designations for skin color and lighter skin associated with higher status. However, there is no designation that denotes "black." Black is frequently associated with Haitian identity, African ancestry, and the idea of an inferior other. Dominican identity is strongly associated with Spanish ancestry, influence, and the Catholic religion. The predominant language is Spanish, not Creole, as it is in neighboring Haiti. While anti-black and anti-Haitian feelings often run high and are part of the local culture, the construction of race and racial categories is complex, with many in different income groups expressing very different sentiments.

Question 2

Patterns by which racial inequality is structured through key cultural institutions, policies, and systems are referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  racialization 
C)  institutional racism 
D)  racial ideology 
A)  discrimination 
B)  racialization 
C)  institutional racism 
D)  racial ideology C

Question 3

To apply stereotypical traits to people based on their supposed racial ancestry is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  microaggression 
C)  segregation 
D)  racialization 
A)  discrimination 
B)  microaggression 
C)  segregation 
D)  racialization D

Question 4

If a person inherits genes for a dark complexion and blue eyes from his or her parents, what aspect of inheritance does this refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  RNA 
B)  phenotype 
C)  genotype 
D)  DNA 
A)  RNA 
B)  phenotype 
C)  genotype 
D)  DNA

Question 5

Despite the initial racist attitudes directed toward Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants, these groups eventually "became white" through:

Accepted Answer

A)  greater accuracy in the census. 
B)  intermarriage and upward mobility. 
C)  the elimination of ethnic categories. 
D)  legal changes. 
A)  greater accuracy in the census. 
B)  intermarriage and upward mobility. 
C)  the elimination of ethnic categories. 
D)  legal changes.

Question 6

Identify three reasons why anthropologists feel that the concept of "race" is a flawed system of classification, and give an example to support each reason.

Accepted Answer

Race categories have no biological basis

Question 7

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. This is an example of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism 
A)  discrimination 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism

Question 8

President Barack Obama's mother was a white woman from Kansas and his father was a black man from Kenya. What deeply embedded concept of racial division is revealed by the way people regard his race and even debate his birthplace?

Accepted Answer

A)  hypodescent 
B)  eugenics 
C)  civil rights 
D)  racialization 
A)  hypodescent 
B)  eugenics 
C)  civil rights 
D)  racialization

Question 9

The recent changes in the United States around same-sex marriage have been supported to some degree by what aspect of earlier civil rights legal issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  apartheid 
B)  racialization 
C)  hypodescent 
D)  miscegenation 
A)  apartheid 
B)  racialization 
C)  hypodescent 
D)  miscegenation

Question 10

Since racial categorization in Brazil is not exclusively a function of skin color, Brazilians can change their racial identity through a change in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  political affiliation 
B)  hairstyle 
C)  eating habits 
D)  affluence 
A)  political affiliation 
B)  hairstyle 
C)  eating habits 
D)  affluence

Question 11

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

Accepted Answer

Genotype refers to the inherited genetic

Question 12

Compare and contrast how two different cultures construct race. What similarities are there, and how are they different? What does this tell us about the concept of race in general?

Accepted Answer

In the United States, races were traditi

Question 13

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted slaves as three-fifths of a person. This was done to:

Accepted Answer

A)  support the emerging interest in eugenics. 
B)  maintain a strong economic system. 
C)  lay the groundwork for institutional racism. 
D)  uphold the idea of white supremacy. 
A)  support the emerging interest in eugenics. 
B)  maintain a strong economic system. 
C)  lay the groundwork for institutional racism. 
D)  uphold the idea of white supremacy.

Question 14

What is one reason why, in 2015, the government of the Dominican Republic began registering the estimated 500,000 (mostly Haitian) undocumented residents and deporting those without citizenship?

Accepted Answer

A)  Haitians have higher criminal rates than Dominicans. 
B)  It was a rejection of Haitians, African ancestry, and blackness more generally. 
C)  Haitians are lighter skinned than Dominicans. 
D)  Deported Haitians did not speak Spanish, which is required for Dominican citizenship. 
A)  Haitians have higher criminal rates than Dominicans. 
B)  It was a rejection of Haitians, African ancestry, and blackness more generally. 
C)  Haitians are lighter skinned than Dominicans. 
D)  Deported Haitians did not speak Spanish, which is required for Dominican citizenship.

Question 15

To what extent is Brazil a racial democracy?

Accepted Answer

The government of Brazil abolished racia

Question 16

The current argument over whether to build a wall between Mexico and the United States reflects, in part, what long-standing aspect of how race is constructed and managed in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  eugenics 
B)  "home first" 
C)  nationalism 
D)  nativism 
A)  eugenics 
B)  "home first" 
C)  nationalism 
D)  nativism

Question 17

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

Accepted Answer

A)  culture 
B)  genotype 
C)  phenotype 
D)  lineage 
A)  culture 
B)  genotype 
C)  phenotype 
D)  lineage

Question 18

What continuing aspect of racism in the United States is illuminated by the Susie Phipps case?

Accepted Answer

A)  eugenics 
B)  microaggression 
C)  hypodescent 
D)  nativism 
A)  eugenics 
B)  microaggression 
C)  hypodescent 
D)  nativism

Question 19

Brazilians have hundreds of ways of categorizing people according to race. The particular system they use is a continuum of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  clines 
B)  ethnicities 
C)  genotypes 
D)  color shades 
A)  clines 
B)  ethnicities 
C)  genotypes 
D)  color shades

Question 20

Human beings are pretty much identical and share most of their DNA. Knowing this, we might understand the observable differences in body ratios-height versus width-that anthropologists have documented as a matter of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  race 
B)  inheritance 
C)  ethnicity 
D)  phenotype 
A)  race 
B)  inheritance 
C)  ethnicity 
D)  phenotype

Identify the main factors that determine race in the Dominican Republic.

Patterns by which racial inequality is structured through key cultural institutions, policies, and systems are referred to as ________.

To apply stereotypical traits to people based on their supposed racial ancestry is referred to as ________.

If a person inherits genes for a dark complexion and blue eyes from his or her parents, what aspect of inheritance does this refer to?

Despite the initial racist attitudes directed toward Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants, these groups eventually "became white" through:

Identify three reasons why anthropologists feel that the concept of "race" is a flawed system of classification, and give an example to support each reason.

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. This is an example of ________.

President Barack Obama's mother was a white woman from Kansas and his father was a black man from Kenya. What deeply embedded concept of racial division is revealed by the way people regard his race and even debate his birthplace?

The recent changes in the United States around same-sex marriage have been supported to some degree by what aspect of earlier civil rights legal issues?

Since racial categorization in Brazil is not exclusively a function of skin color, Brazilians can change their racial identity through a change in ________.

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

Compare and contrast how two different cultures construct race. What similarities are there, and how are they different? What does this tell us about the concept of race in general?

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted slaves as three-fifths of a person. This was done to:

What is one reason why, in 2015, the government of the Dominican Republic began registering the estimated 500,000 (mostly Haitian) undocumented residents and deporting those without citizenship?

To what extent is Brazil a racial democracy?

The current argument over whether to build a wall between Mexico and the United States reflects, in part, what long-standing aspect of how race is constructed and managed in the United States?

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

What continuing aspect of racism in the United States is illuminated by the Susie Phipps case?

Brazilians have hundreds of ways of categorizing people according to race. The particular system they use is a continuum of ________.

Human beings are pretty much identical and share most of their DNA. Knowing this, we might understand the observable differences in body ratios-height versus width-that anthropologists have documented as a matter of ________.

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Exam 6: Race and Racism

Identify the main factors that determine race in the Dominican Republic.

Patterns by which racial inequality is structured through key cultural institutions, policies, and systems are referred to as ________.

To apply stereotypical traits to people based on their supposed racial ancestry is referred to as ________.

If a person inherits genes for a dark complexion and blue eyes from his or her parents, what aspect of inheritance does this refer to?

Despite the initial racist attitudes directed toward Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants, these groups eventually "became white" through:

Identify three reasons why anthropologists feel that the concept of "race" is a flawed system of classification, and give an example to support each reason.

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. This is an example of ________.

President Barack Obama's mother was a white woman from Kansas and his father was a black man from Kenya. What deeply embedded concept of racial division is revealed by the way people regard his race and even debate his birthplace?

The recent changes in the United States around same-sex marriage have been supported to some degree by what aspect of earlier civil rights legal issues?

Since racial categorization in Brazil is not exclusively a function of skin color, Brazilians can change their racial identity through a change in ________.

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

Compare and contrast how two different cultures construct race. What similarities are there, and how are they different? What does this tell us about the concept of race in general?

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted slaves as three-fifths of a person. This was done to:

What is one reason why, in 2015, the government of the Dominican Republic began registering the estimated 500,000 (mostly Haitian) undocumented residents and deporting those without citizenship?

To what extent is Brazil a racial democracy?

The current argument over whether to build a wall between Mexico and the United States reflects, in part, what long-standing aspect of how race is constructed and managed in the United States?

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

What continuing aspect of racism in the United States is illuminated by the Susie Phipps case?

Brazilians have hundreds of ways of categorizing people according to race. The particular system they use is a continuum of ________.

Human beings are pretty much identical and share most of their DNA. Knowing this, we might understand the observable differences in body ratios-height versus width-that anthropologists have documented as a matter of ________.

Anthropology in a Global Age

Culture

Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

Human Origins

Ethnicity and Nationalism

Gender

Sexuality

Kinship, Family, and Marriage

Class and Inequality

The Global Economy

Migration

Politics and Power

Religion

Health, Illness, and the Body

Art and Media

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