Exam 6: Race and Racism

A primary difference between the early census process and the census of 2010 was the:

All human beings of every race share ________ percent of their DNA.

Which term refers to laws implemented after the U.S. Civil War to legally enforce segregation, particularly in the South after the end of slavery?

When an individual acts on personal prejudiced beliefs and discriminates against someone based on imagined differences between them, this is referred to as what kind of racism?

A useful way to consider the inherent problem of racially dividing people is described in Jonathan Marks's example of:

What do societies do in order to make discriminatory ideas and behavior seem reasonable and normal?

While health, education, decent housing, and employment are something that most of us would agree are fundamental to all people, what is a primary reason that these have historically been denied to many people in the United States?

In many countries, members of the dominant ethnic or racial group tend to favor other members of their own group, give them the benefit of any doubt, and take what they say more seriously. Minorities are often discounted as less important or even hostile for insisting on being treated fairly. In the United States, what do we call this discrepancy between the experiences of the dominant and the minority groups?

What rule assigns the children of racially mixed unions to the subordinate group?

A person may inherit a genetic pattern for above-average height, but may only reach average height due to poor nutrition. What is this an expression of?