Deck 3: The Intersectionality of Race and Ethnicity With Other Factors

Question 1

Intersectionality only explains the oppression that African American women experience.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

There are no oppositions to affirmative action.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

A meritocracy is a system of rewards allocated on many areas of merit.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

People can choose their social class.

Question 5

Homosexuality is now normative in the United States and is completely accepted.

Question 6

Social workers need to be approach individuals of all races and ethnicities as complex and multilayered persons with different intersecting identities.

Question 7

The social implications of intersectionality are

A) never changing
B) always changing
C) sometimes changing
D) no social implications

Question 8

Double jeopardy is

A) taking two risks
B) having two disadvantages in certain societies such as ethnicity and gender
C) having two individual advantages such as ethnicity and gender
D) taking four risks

Question 9

The intersection of gender, race, and class can be described by which of the following?

A) The matrix effect
B) The matrix of domination
C) The domination of power
D) The power effect .

Question 10

The social class lines in the United States can be described as everything but

A) fluid
B) hidden
C) flexible
D) favorable

Question 11

The process of gay liberation has emphasized

A) lesbian culture
B) bisexual culture
C) gay White male culture
D) heterosexual culture

Question 12

What is intersectionality and why is it important to social workers? What is the matrix of domination?

Question 13

How do gender and sexual orientation are part of oppressive systems and how can social workers address these issues?

Question 14

What is a key factor in society's treatment of people with physical disabilities and how has society historically treated the community?

Question 15

What is the meaning of the statement, "people do not choose their social class?"