Question 1

English colonists had power to shape the everyday terminology used in interaction with one another and with those they oppressed. In Old English, the word "black" meant _______, while "white" meant to _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  stained; shine purely. 
B)  sooted; gleam brightly. 
C)  cloudy; sparkle virtuously. 
D)  dirty; beam radiantly.

Question 2

The concept of "race," in the dominant racial frame, had at least three important elements, including all the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  an accent on physically and biologically distinctive categories called "races." 
B)  an emphasis on "race" as the primary determinant of a group's essential personality and cultural traits. 
C)  a hierarchy of superior and inferior racial groups. 
D)  an accent on the concepts prejudice, stereotyping, bias, and bigotry.

Question 3

This report declared that "our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal," and called for expanded aid to African American communities in order to prevent further racial violence and polarization.

Accepted Answer

A)  Brown Commission Report 
B)  Cooper Commission Report 
C)  Kerner Commission Report 
D)  Mackey Commission Report 
E)  Rogers Commission Report

Question 4

__________ was well known as an advocate of the superiority of European civilization over all others, including those of Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  Woodrow Wilson 
B)  Theodore Roosevelt 
C)  Warren G. Harding 
D)  Calvin Coolidge

Question 5

__________ wrote of black people as a category between whites and gorillas and spoke against government programs for the "weak" because they supposedly permitted the least desirable people to survive.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

President Theodore Roosevelt opposed scientific racism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 3: The White Racial Frame- a Social Force

English colonists had power to shape the everyday terminology used in interaction with one another and with those they oppressed. In Old English, the word "black" meant _, while "white" meant to _.

The concept of "race," in the dominant racial frame, had at least three important elements, including all the following EXCEPT:

This report declared that "our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal," and called for expanded aid to African American communities in order to prevent further racial violence and polarization.

__________ was well known as an advocate of the superiority of European civilization over all others, including those of Africa.

__________ wrote of black people as a category between whites and gorillas and spoke against government programs for the "weak" because they supposedly permitted the least desirable people to survive.

President Theodore Roosevelt opposed scientific racism.