Question 1

To varying degrees African Americans benefited from relief programs of the Great Depression and postwar housing and veterans' programs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Calculate in lives, the generally unrecognized price that systemic racism has demanded from whites.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Calculate in lives, the generally unrecognized price...

Question 3

Rarely have blacks been permitted to excel in entertainment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

How did the Federal Housing Administration's loan insurance and related programs enable millions of whites to buy their first homes?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How did the Federal Housing Administration's loan...

Question 5

Social science research has shown that the current white-black differential exists because black individuals typically inherit much less than whites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The ________________ gave U.S. air routes to new companies, mainly those started by aviators trained during World War I.

Accepted Answer

A)  Air Commerce Act 
B)  Airline Deregulation Act 
C)  Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act 
D)  Civil Aeronautics Act 
E)  Federal Aviation Act

Question 7

A majority of white Americans believe past discrimination is a major factor in blacks' current lower than average wealth level.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A major reason why the median wealth of white families is much higher than that of black (and Latino) families is because of:

Accepted Answer

A)  housing equities that a majority of whites have built up over generations of discrimination limiting black and Latino access to buying houses. 
B)  educational access that a majority of whites has had over generations of discrimination limiting black and Latino access to education. 
C)  employment access that a majority of whites has had over generations of discrimination limiting black and Latino to higher-paying jobs. 
D)  wealth in the form of interest-bearing bank accounts and stock in companies that whites have built up over generations of discrimination limiting black and Latino access to the same.

Question 9

In the major 1968 Supreme Court case, __________________________, the famous progressive white Justice William O. Douglas argued that the true curse of racism is what it has done to the white man.

Accepted Answer

A)  American Commercial Lines, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. 
B)  Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe Machinery Corp. 
C)  Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. 
D)  Lee Art Theatre, Inc. v. Virginia 
E)  United States v. Southwestern Cable Co.

Question 10

Whites growing up in heavily white suburban enclaves have impressive skills in relating to or communicating with minorities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, white European newcomers were able to move up the economic ladder because:

Accepted Answer

A)  they were not excluded from residential areas near workplaces as black urbanites often were. 
B)  cities were then increasingly under control of white political machines oriented to white immigrant voters. 
C)  many had some skills or money resources. 
D)  All the above

Question 12

In its early stages after the 1960s civil rights movement, ____________ emerged substantially as protest music and commentary, as resistance against a racist society.

Accepted Answer

A)  blues 
B)  rap (hip-hop) 
C)  rock-in-roll 
D)  soul music 
E)  spoken word

Question 13

Explain why reverse discrimination and anti-white bias are fictions.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Several studies have shown that whites who live mostly segregated lives:

Accepted Answer

A)  are often fearful of blacks and other people of color with whom they have few or no equal-status contacts. 
B)  and who have greater privileges and power, do not have the experience necessary to view other Americans with accuracy and sensitivity. 
C)  do not understand the oppressive reality faced by Americans of color. 
D)  All the above

Question 15

_____________ is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.

Accepted Answer

A)  Golem effect 
B)  Pygmalion effect 
C)  Self-fulfilling prophecy 
D)  Stereotype threat 
E)  Thin-slicing

Question 16

In recent years, some analysts have tried to counter arguments that racism is still systemic with the contention that the U.S. now has a __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  chromatic culture. 
B)  kaleidoscopic culture. 
C)  moiré culture. 
D)  prismatic culture. 
E)  rainbow culture.

Question 17

Researcher Randolph Hohle has shown that since the 1960s civil rights movement, elite whites have joined a traditional white racial framing of black Americans with:

Accepted Answer

A)  a neoliberal philosophy that is inherently white supremacist in its foundation. 
B)  a reinvigorated capitalistic framing that emphasizes privatization and the language of free-market fundamentalism. 
C)  deracialized and depoliticized policies on interethnic community relations. 
D)  neoliberal racism that promotes competition between black Americans and other people of color. 
E)  a far-right scapegoating of black Americans.

Exam 7: White Privileges and Black Burdens: Still Systemic Racism

To varying degrees African Americans benefited from relief programs of the Great Depression and postwar housing and veterans' programs.

Calculate in lives, the generally unrecognized price that systemic racism has demanded from whites.

Rarely have blacks been permitted to excel in entertainment.

How did the Federal Housing Administration's loan insurance and related programs enable millions of whites to buy their first homes?

Social science research has shown that the current white-black differential exists because black individuals typically inherit much less than whites.

The ________________ gave U.S. air routes to new companies, mainly those started by aviators trained during World War I.

A majority of white Americans believe past discrimination is a major factor in blacks' current lower than average wealth level.

A major reason why the median wealth of white families is much higher than that of black (and Latino) families is because of:

In the major 1968 Supreme Court case, __________________________, the famous progressive white Justice William O. Douglas argued that the true curse of racism is what it has done to the white man.

Whites growing up in heavily white suburban enclaves have impressive skills in relating to or communicating with minorities.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, white European newcomers were able to move up the economic ladder because:

In its early stages after the 1960s civil rights movement, ____________ emerged substantially as protest music and commentary, as resistance against a racist society.

Explain why reverse discrimination and anti-white bias are fictions.

Several studies have shown that whites who live mostly segregated lives:

_____________ is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of conforming to stereotypes about their social group.

In recent years, some analysts have tried to counter arguments that racism is still systemic with the contention that the U.S. now has a __________.

Researcher Randolph Hohle has shown that since the 1960s civil rights movement, elite whites have joined a traditional white racial framing of black Americans with: