Question 1

Nowadays, Abraham Lincoln's racist views are overlooked, even by white-supremacist groups.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Describe the work of sociologist Jennifer Mueller, who has examined the ways that whites protect a colorblind (e.g., "I ignore a person's race") presentation of themselves and society.

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Jennifer Mueller, a sociologist, has conducted research on the ways that white individuals protect a colorblind presentation of themselves and society. This concept refers to the idea that some people claim to "ignore" a person's race, believing that this is a way to promote equality and avoid discrimination. However, Mueller's work has shown that this colorblind ideology can actually perpetuate racial inequality by ignoring the systemic and institutionalized racism that still exists in society. She has examined how this mindset can lead to the dismissal of racial disparities and the erasure of the experiences of people of color. Mueller's research highlights the importance of acknowledging and addressing race and racism in order to work towards true equality and justice.

Question 3

How do key members of the white elite encourage collective ignorance and mobilize a mass consensus on elite-generated ideas and views?

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Key members of the white elite encourage collective ignorance and mobilize a mass consensus on elite-generated ideas and views through various tactics. One way they do this is by controlling the dissemination of information through media ownership and influence. By owning and controlling major media outlets, they can shape the narrative and control what information is presented to the public, thus influencing public opinion and consensus.

Additionally, they may use their power and influence to fund and support educational institutions and think tanks that promote their ideas and views. This can lead to a biased and limited education for the masses, further perpetuating collective ignorance and a consensus on elite-generated ideas.

Furthermore, key members of the white elite may also use their social and political connections to influence policy and decision-making processes, ensuring that their ideas and views are prioritized and implemented. This can create a feedback loop where their ideas are constantly reinforced and validated, leading to a mass consensus on elite-generated ideas and views.

Overall, key members of the white elite use their power, influence, and control over information to shape public opinion and encourage collective ignorance, ultimately mobilizing a mass consensus on their ideas and views.

Question 4

Explain Rudyard Kipling's perspective in his 1899 poem titled, "The White Man's Burden."

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Question 5

Trace the increasingly used word "white" by colonists who distinguished themselves favorably from "negroes."

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Question 6

The dominant racist framing held in white minds encompasses much more than anti-black views. There is also the pro-white subframe. Discuss the pro-white subframe in terms of common images of white superiority and white virtue that recur in Hollywood films.

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Question 7

The __________ elements of the old white racial frame are perhaps the most developed and have long included various religious, scientific, and psychosexual rationalizations for oppression.

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A)   anti-Native American
B)   anti-Asian
C)   anti-black
D)   anti-biracial

Question 8

You are listening to a public lecture in which the speaker asserts that the Supreme Court ended the longstanding policy in 1954 of "separate but equal" in Brown v. Board of Education because at the height of the cold war it was important to whites to present to the world that the U.S. government supported civil and human rights. Who is the likely speaker?

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A)   Derrick Bell
B)   W.E.B. Du Bois
C)   Oliver Cox
D)   Ida B. Wells-Barnett
E)   Julia Cooper

Question 9

In his influential book Notes on the State of Virginia, published in the late eighteenth century, __________ articulated the first extensive arguments by a North American intellectual for black racial inferiority.

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A)   John Adams
B)   Benjamin Franklin
C)   Alexander Hamilton
D)   Thomas Jefferson
E)   James Madison

Question 10

Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey write: "For the colonizing Europeans it was not enough just to bleed the world of labor and resources. Most saw themselves as virtuous Christians and felt the need to justify what they were doing for themselves and their descendants." Illustrate Feagin's and Ducey's argument.

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Question 11

Who are urban Bantustans?

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Question 12

Though the authors of this 1990s book had no training in genetics, they wrote about racial differences in IQ scores.

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A)   The Bell Curve
B)   Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980
C)   The G Factor: The Science of Mental Ability
D)   A Question of Intelligence: The IQ Debate in America
E)   Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science

Question 13

______________ argued that wealthy Americans, who were almost entirely white at the time, were products of natural selection and essential to the advancement of civilization.

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A)   Charles Darwin
B)   Herbert Spencer
C)   William Graham Sumner
D)   Thomas Jefferson
E)   George Washington

Question 14

Define teleological racism.

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Question 15

___________ is a phrase coined by Joe Feagin to describe the inability of a great many whites to understand where African Americans and other Americans of color are coming from and what their racialized experiences are like.

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A)   social alexithymia
B)   social antagonism
C)   social animosity
D)   social disaffectation

Question 16

During the 1770s, __________ wrote of the hierarchy of "races of mankind," one of the early uses of the term "races" in the sense of biologically distinct, hierarchical categories.

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A)   Immanuel Kant
B)   Thomas Jefferson
C)   James Madison
D)   Arthur Schopenhauer
E)   John Jay

Question 17

Discuss how today, many white media analysts, other commentators, and conservative political officials view "Western civilization" as under threat from groups that are not white or European. Be sure to include fear of immigrants of color that was conspicuous amongst elite and non-elite whites during the 2016 electoral campaign of Republican Donald Trump.

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Question 18

A slaveholder for several decades, then an abolitionist later in life, Thomas Jefferson appeared to oppose slavery not so much because of its inhumanity, but because of its negative impact on whites.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In his book, The History of Jamaica (1774), prominent judge Edward Long, a slaveholder, argued that Africans were a "truly bestial" species.

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