Exam 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century

The cartoon below offers us an insightful look at how ________________ can take form in everyday interactions.

Stephen Jay Gould argues that ________________ reappears,even when disproven,during eras of political retrenchment or during times when elites are fearful of changes to their status.

Which of the following is an example of a homogenizing heading?

A person's ___________________ is his or her family lineage,which often includes tribal,regional,or national affiliation.

As it relates to racial domination,symbolic power is best described as:

Sometimes speakers invoke examples of individuals-say,Madame C.J.Walker,Oprah Winfrey,or Barack Obama-to suggest that if these individuals were able to triumph over racial barriers,the path is clear for everyone.What type of fallacy best describes such thinking?

While blacks were granted the right of citizenship in 1870 as part of the Reconstruction Amendments after the Civil War,other nonwhites were denied citizenship until:

The Johnson-Reed Act of 1924,with its imposition of national quotas and racial restrictions,contributed to the U.S.racial order by:

According to the historian Mae Ngai,laws and policies that made ethnic or racial identity a determining factor in the opportunity to immigrate during the 1920s resulted in:

Consider the five fallacies about racism in the first section of Chapter 1.Select one of these that you think best helps us understand stereotypes and assumptions around race and athletic ability.

The _____________________ of race organizes people into bounded groupings based on their phenotype,______________,or both.

Describe an example of how whiteness is held up as the status quo.

Racial categories are ________________ when symbolic groupings,the products of specific historical contexts,are mistakenly considered natural and immutable.

A _____________________ is a social and symbolic hierarchical system of classification and social division that organizes people into rigid groups.

A person's ___________________ is his or her physical appearance,including skeletal structure,height,hair texture,eye color,and skin tone.

Which of the five fallacies or misconceptions about racism best describes this example? "You read a newspaper article on changing racial attitudes declaring that young adults ages eighteen to twenty-four are the least racist in American history.While you hope this is true,you are worried that the research is using a static definition of 'racism.'"

George's father is an African American,and his mother is white American.Mike's father is a white Italian,and his mother is a white American.Why does Mike have a higher degree of fluidity and freedom when self-identifying ethnically?

James Baldwin observed,"Color is not a human or personal reality;it is a political reality." How can his definition help us analyze the importance of unpacking white privilege?

Which of the following is a key feature of symbolic power?

Historically,racial oppression has been justified through explanations grounded in scientific language.Modern scientists tell us that we share _________ percent of the same genes with other humans and there is much greater genetic variation within traditionally defined racial groups than among them.