Deck 1: Taking Account of Race, Racism, and Privilege

Question 1

This refers to the everyday business practices and policies which disadvantage minorities and offer advantages to dominant group members; it is often written off as "just the way things are."

A) Aversive racism
B) Modern racism
C) Internalized racism
D) Institutional racism

Answer 1

D

Question 2

This is a term that refers to a group of people that share a culture, nationality, ancestry, and/or language.

A) Ethnic group
B) Racial group
C) Minority group
D) Subordinate group

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following types of racism is considered to be the most pervasive today?

A) Institutional discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Individual discrimination
D) Ideological racism

Answer 3

A

Question 4

This term refers to Mexican Americans and originated out of their activism in the post- World War II era.

A) Chicanismo
B) Latino
C) Hispanic
D) Chicano

Question 5

This refers to the idea, formerly legally enforced and later a U.S. cultural norm, that if a person has any black ancestry, they are considered to be black.

A) Drapetomania
B) One-drop rule
C) Rule of ethno-descent
D) Biracialism

Question 6

This refers to anxiety, self-doubt, and in extreme cases, self-hatred felt by some members of stigmatized groups because of the pervasiveness of derogatory stereotypes, ethnocentrism, and other forms of racism.

A) Systemic racism
B) Aversive racism
C) Symbolic racism
D) Internalized racism

Question 7

This refers to the discrimination that darker-skinned Latinos and African Americans face within their own group compared to lighter-skinned group members.

A) Internalized racism
B) Institutional racism
C) Colorism
D) Pigmentism

Question 8

This was a term that was found on several censuses during the mid-to-late 1800s. It referred to someone that had one black great-grandparent.

A) Octoroon
B) Mulatto
C) Quadroon
D) Creole

Question 9

In 1988, African American leader Jesse Jackson announced that ______ was the acceptable term for black Americans.

A) Creole
B) African American
C) Afro-American
D) Negro

Question 10

This specifically refers to a group of people that share some socially defined physical characteristics, for instance, skin color, hair texture, or facial features.

A) Race
B) Ethnic group
C) Majority group
D) Dominant group

Question 11

When sociologists speak of a minority group, they are referring to

A) A group that has less than their proportionate share of society's goods and resources
B) A group that is statistically smaller than other groups
C) A group that holds disproportionate power in society
D) A dominant group

Question 12

When sociologists describe race as being socially constructed, which of the following pieces of evidence can NOT be offered to support that statement?

A) Mapping of the Human Genome has found that human beings are 99.9 percent similar genetically
B) Societal racial categories have a biological or genetic basis
C) Racial categories vary by culture
D) Racial categories change over time

Question 13

Groups or individuals working to eradicate racism are referred to as

A) Eracists
B) Racist activists
C) Racial justice activists
D) Sociologists

Question 14

This argues that our understanding of the world (racism, sexism, ablism, etc.) stems from our particular social location within it.

A) Standpoint perspective
B) Social perspective
C) Locationality
D) Objectivity

Question 15

This is a type of racism that refers to attitudes and beliefs rather than actions.

A) Modern racism
B) Symbolic racism
C) Prejudice
D) Institutional racism

Question 16

This is a term that can be used to collectively refer to racial/ethnic minority groups that have been the object of discrimination in the United States.

A) People of color
B) Non-whites
C) Minority groups
D) Status groups

Question 17

In the current era, which of the following terms used to refer to black people is no longer considered acceptable?

A) African American
B) Negro
C) Black
D) Black American

Question 18

Which of the following terms are considered acceptable when referring to the indigenous people of this continent?

A) American Indians
B) Native Americans
C) Native people
D) All of the above are acceptable

Question 19

This refers to an institutional space where white privilege is maintained and reproduced.

A) White space
B) Racialized space
C) Colorist space
D) Symbolic space

Question 20

Which of the following racial/ethnic groups have had demeaning sexualized stereotypes about them that are designed to portray them as deviant and "other?"

A) African American men
B) Native American women
C) Asian American men
D) All of the above groups have been targets of demeaning sexual stereotypes

Question 21

The US Census Bureau considered adding which of the following groups as a "racial" category on the 2020 census?

A) Hispanic
B) Alaska Native
C) Native Americans
D) Asian American, Pacific Islander

Question 22

This is a concept introduced by American sociologist, C. Wright Mills, which refers to a perspective that helps us understand the ways history, society, and biography intersect.

A) Sociology
B) Symbolic imagination
C) Symbolic interactionism
D) Sociological imagination

Question 23

Throughout Latin America, racial categorization systems and understandings are consistent from one country to the next.

Question 24

Due to the changing U.S. racial/ethnic demographics, diversity training programs are being implemented in many industries.

Question 25

New DNA technology has allowed scientists to identify genetic markers that correlate with socially constructed racial categorizations.

Question 26

The Black Lives Matter movement is only concerned on the police killings of unarmed black men because they are the only group that faces disproportionate, lethal violence at the hands of police.

Question 27

"Oriental" is an appropriate term to use when describing an Asian American.

Question 28

Colorism is found in African American, Latino, and Asian American communities.

Question 29

The current reigning racial ideology in the United States is that of color consciousness.

Question 30

Historically, lynching was a type of mob violence that only targeted black men.

Question 31

The categories "race" and "ethnicity" are mutually exclusive.

Question 32

Cyber racism refers to the widespread use of digital technologies and the internet by white supremacists.

Question 33

Define race. What does it mean when we say race is socially constructed? Provide two pieces of evidence that support the notion that race is a social construction. How does the sociological imagination help us understand the social construction of race?

Question 34

Describe the demographic breakdown for racial/ethnic groups in the U.S. in 2017. What is the projected U.S. racial/ethnic breakdown for 2050? Provide two reasons why it is inaccurate to claim that by 2050 non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. will be a minority group.

Question 35

Explain how the dominance of the color-blind ideology is an example of dominant-group power. Describe how the national reaction to the police shootings of unarmed people of color is an example of the dominance of the color-blind ideology.

Question 36

Who is the Millennial generation? Explain why they are called the 'woke' generation?

Question 37

Define the three types of racism (prejudice, individual discrimination, and institutional discrimination) and provide an example of each.

Question 38

What evidence exists to support the claim that American society is a post-racial society? In what ways is that notion a misconception?

Question 39

Speculate on what changes you think will occur in census racial categories over the next 50 years, keeping in mind that census categories always reflect the prevailing notions of race and result from an intensely political process.

Question 40

What is color-blind ideology? In what ways does it differ from racism? In what ways is it informed by racism?

Question 41

Much like the concept of race itself, racial terminology has changed over time. Explain the changing terms used to describe African Americans, Mexican Americans and Asian Americans. Why have there been such changes in terminology?