Exam 6: Race and Racism

Explain how and why the "one drop rule" was traditionally used to determine race in American culture.

Explain how the idea of "white" or "whiteness" changed over time in the United States.

Explain how race is constructed in Brazil.

Practices like segregation that separate groups of people and relegate one group to inferior conditions like run-down schools while the other group gets top-of-the-line schools with the latest equipment is an example of:

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

Personal prejudiced beliefs and discriminatory actions based on race constitute:

The British Empire's military, economic, and political control over Malaysia was an aspect of British:

What is a flawed system of classification, with no biological basis, that uses physical characteristics to divide the human population into supposedly discrete groups?

The way people actually look is the result of their genetic traits and the environment they live in. This is known as their:

The idea that government policies should favor people born in the United States over immigrants such as Mexicans or Canadians (legal or otherwise) is known as:

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

A system of economic, military, and political control of one country over another is referred to as:

Individual thoughts and actions and institutional patterns and policies that create unequal access to power, resources, and opportunities based on imagined differences among groups are referred to as:

A set of ideas about a group of people, such as "All Irishmen are drunks who beat their wives" or "All Arabs are terrorists," that then makes it seem natural and normal to discriminate against them is referred to as:

To apply stereotypical traits to a group of people based on their "racial" ancestry is called:

When cultural institutions, policies, and systems such as school and justice systems are used to enforce discrimination based on imagined differences among groups, this is known as:

Many societies in the world divide people into groups based on supposed biological and social/intellectual differences. These groups are called:

In order to make discriminatory ideas and behavior seem reasonable and normal, societies invoke popular ideas about racial differences that are known as:

A questionable science that claims to be improving the human race by advocating in favor of certain races and unequal treatment for others is:

A belief that whites are biologically different from and intellectually superior to people of other races is referred to as: