Exam 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century

Race is a ___________________category that is misrecognized as a _____________ category.

In an attempt to resist stigma,some people of color,especially new immigrants,may highlight their ethnicity and resist American _________________.

Based on what you have learned in Chapter 1,how can whites contribute to reducing racial inequality? Use the concepts of white privilege and color-blindness in formulating your essay.

Race is often described with reference to __________,but there is much more genetic variation within _______________ groups than between them.

Institutional racism is facilitated by different types of power.Which of the following is one of these modes of power?

Although many people think of Tiger Woods as African American,he considers himself multiracial and as a child invented the term "Calabanasian" to describe himself.This example helps us understand the complex relationship between _______________.

In the United States,__________ often creates distinctions and identities within _____________.For instance,four people may be considered white,yet they may each have ancestry and cultural traditions originating from different countries,including Poland,Ireland,England,and Norway.

Which of the following best exemplifies the advice offered by the textbook authors on how whites can contribute to fighting racial injustice?

___________ is best described as the argument that social and economic differences between races are the result of immutable,inherited,and inborn distinctions.

Which of the five fallacies or misconceptions about racism best describes this example? "Your friend does not believe that racial segregation in schools is a problem today.After all,she argues,the courts ruled segregated education unconstitutional many decades ago."

In the United States,whiteness is the _______________ racial category,that with which all other categories are compared and contrasted.

According to the textbook,which of the following best defines "racial domination"?

The courts have played an important role in adjudicating racial categorization processes.Understanding court decisions around racial categorization processes further underscores how race and ethnicity are _____________ and ______________ constructs.

__________ is the collection of unearned cultural,political,economic,and social advantages and privileges possessed by people of Anglo-European descent or those who pass as such.