Exam 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century

Beverly Tatum draws an analogy between racism and polluted air: "Always,day in and day out,we are breathing it in." Offer your own observation of an example of "day in and day out" racism.

Which of the following best summarizes the process by which systemic white domination of people of color occurs?

Which of the following statements about institutional racism and interpersonal racism is accurate?

Race,ethnicity,and nationality are mutually overlapping _____________ that are mutually reinforcing and cannot be understood in isolation from one another.

Comparisons across ________________ reveal variation in racial categorization between countries,highlighting the importance of _______________ in making race.

Which explanation for why are whites less likely than people of color to identify themselves in racial terms is discussed in the textbook?

W.E.B.Du Bois admonished us to not "make the all too common error of mistaking names for things." Discuss how labels,categories,and classifications have shaped race and ethnicity.Can race and ethnicity be collapsed into one category? Why or why not?

Two friends are arguing over the results of a recent NBA draft.Alex tells Jorge that his favorite team should have picked more black players because they naturally have more athletic skill and everyone knows "white men can't jump." Jorge calls Alex out for basing his argument on:

Racial groups were created through centuries of oppression,colonialism,political discourse,and scientific manipulation.Some politicians-and even countries such as France-have argued against the use of racial categories on official data collection.For instance,some have argued for doing away with questions about race on the census or in collecting information on higher education enrollment.Why might this be a wrong-headed response?

The textbook authors provide a historical case study to describe how the racial composition of sports team rosters is more a reflection of the decisions that young people make than of biological superiority.Explain the relationship between the transformation of inner cities and basketball participation.

The current _______________ in the United States delineates five major groups.

While many people assume that "obvious physical differences" explain racial categories,this logic fails to appreciate:

Consider the following scenario: School board members are debating a policy change that would increase the police presence at the local high school.What course of action might a sociologist recommend before making a decision?

One of the fundamental tenets of the _________________________ is that history does not structure our experiences and that these experiences can either compound as advantages-or privileges-or increase barriers to opportunities.What type of fallacy best describes such thinking?

The authors of the textbook invite you to understand race and ethnicity through a sociological lens.C.Wright Mills coined the term "_________________," which means understanding and interpreting everyday life not only through one's own personal experience but also through the exploration of ________________ that structure and direct our social world.

According to the textbook,what are two key forms of racial domination?

The authors of this textbook argue that "a better metaphor for intersecting modes of oppression might not be criss- crossing roads,but a web of relations within which struggles over opportunities,power,and privileges take place." Explain both metaphors and analyze why the authors prefer their metaphor to Crenshaw's.

Raul is an African American,but he has many other social identities in addition to his racial identity.He is also a young,middle-class college student who identifies as bisexual.Rather than thinking of any particular racial group as a monolithic category,scholars who take an intersectional approach pay attention to:

Racial categories are bound to their specific social and ___________ contexts,meaning that such boundaries are not the same in India as in South Africa.

Prejudice surrounds us,and people of color may internalize negative attitudes aimed at their own racial group.Psychologists describe this as "internalized oppression," while sociologist Pierre Bourdieu labels it: