Deck 7: White Privilege and the Changing Us Racial Hierarchy

Question 1

It is useful to look ________ at Whiteness in the same ways that we examine Blackness, Asian-ness, indigeneity, or latinidad.

A) intensely
B) critically
C) deeply
D) urgently

Answer 1

B

Question 2

White privilege refers to the _____________ inherent in being categorized as White?

A) challenges
B) racism
C) advantages
D) judgement

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Even though Jews faced discrimination during and after World War II, as Whites, they were able to reap the benefits of:

A) GI bills.
B) Federal Housing Administration mortgages.
C) Department of Veterans mortgages.
D) All of the above.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Peggy McIntosh created a tool to help understand the benefits of White privilege. It is called:

A) Unpacking the Knapsack of Privilege.
B) Unpacking White Benefits.
C) Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.
D) Unpacking the White Privilege Purse.

Question 5

Just as Whiteness is linked to class, it is also defined by _______ and ________.

A) racism; prejudice
B) judgement; discrimination
C) money; power
D) gender; sexuality

Question 6

In his study of American men married to _______women, Lundstrom found that American husband's place tremendous value on their wives' heritage.

A) Italian
B) Swedish
C) Asian
D) German

Question 7

In the 2010 census, _____ percent of Hispanics identified their race as White:

A) 33%
B) 45%
C) 53%
D) 86%

Question 8

In the 2010 census, ______ percent of Hispanics identified as Black?

A) 2.5%
B) 7.2%
C) 10.1%
D) 32%

Question 9

In the 2010 census, 36.7% of Hispanics identified as ________.

A) multiracial.
B) two or more races.
C) other.
D) mixed.

Question 10

What racial category does not exist in the census?

A) Alaskan Native
B) Middle Eastern and North African
C) Native Hawaiian
D) Other Pacific Islander

Question 11

Sociologist Salvador Vidal-Ortiz refers to White Puerto Ricans as a:

A) White person of color.
B) non-White Boricua.
C) non-White islanders.
D) BlancaRican.

Question 12

Researchers who surveyed Arab Americans in the Detroit area found that Arab Americans who were Christian identified as:

A) some other race.
B) Other.
C) White.
D) two or more races.

Question 13

What is a person whose parents identify with different racial groups called?

A) mixed-blooded
B) multiracial
C) mixed
D) biracial

Question 14

What percentage of marriages in the United States involve persons of different races?

A) 6%
B) 13%
C) 19%
D) 27%

Question 15

In a survey of 38,000 incoming college freshmen, which of the following statistic of students who identify as multiracial is NOT real?

A) 70.7% of those with one Black parent and one White parent.
B) 36.9% of those with one Latinx parent and one White parent.
C) 53.5% of those with one Asian parent and one White parent.
D) 23.8% of those with one Native American parent and one White parent.

Question 16

The Brookings Institute issued a report predicting that Whites will no longer be the majority racial group in the United States by what year?

A) 2025
B) 2035
C) 2045
D) 2055

Question 17

The only time the same racial categories were used for consecutive censuses were in:

A) 1790 and 1800.
B) 1860 and 1870.
C) 1910 and 1920.
D) 1990 and 2000.

Question 18

Ethnicity is defined as group identities based on notions of similar and shared categories. Which category is NOT included in the definition?

A) history
B) language
C) culture
D) kinship

Question 19

The process through which immigrants adopt the racial identities of their host country is called:

A) Americanization.
B) Racialized acculturation.
C) Assimilation.
D) Racialized assimilation.

Question 20

What is an example of White privilege?

Question 21

What does it mean that Whiteness is an unmarked identity?

Question 22

All Whites do not experience White privilege in the say way. Please give an example of this statement.

Question 23

How are racial boundaries constantly in flux?

Question 24

Do all Latinos who describe themselves as "White" have very light skin?

Question 25

What are the "racial loopholes" Iranians experience according to Neda Maghbouleh?

Question 26

Does everyone with ancestry from more than one racial group adopt the label of multiracial?

Question 27

Why were there so many racial classifications in the census?

Question 28

Are Filipinos Latinos?

Question 29

Why are many scholars concerned about Hispanic becoming a racial category?

Question 30

In the opening story, Kevin Johnson, talks about his mixed heritage as the son of a Mexican American mother and an Anglo father. What were some of the challenges he faced?

Question 31

Why do poor Whites have a hard time seeing their White privilege?

Question 32

What does it mean that Arab Americans are White without the privilege?

Question 33

What are examples of social, cultural, and intergenerational whitening in Latin America?

Question 34

Are Latinos a Race or Ethnicity?