Deck 1: Race and the Social Construction of Difference

Question 1

Which of the following is true about the concept of race?

A) It is biologically determined.
B) It is socially constructed.
C) There is great biological variation within racial groups.
D) Both "it is socially constructed" and "there is a great biological variation within racial groups" are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

______ refers to a social and cultural system by which we categorize people based on presumed biological differences.

A) Ethnicity
B) Genetics
C) Race
D) Both "ethnicity" and "race"

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which country instituted the apartheid until 1994 that dictated where different racial groups could live, work, and behave?

A) South Africa
B) Belize
C) Costa Rica
D) Guyana

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following best supports the idea that race is socially constructed?

A) indentured servitude
B) one drop rule
C) crop sharing
D) none of these

Question 5

______ was a practice in South Africa to determine race.

A) Pencil test
B) Ruler test
C) Rubber band test
D) Pin test

Question 6

Which of the following is considered a phenotypical trait?

A) skin color
B) hair texture
C) facial features
D) all of these

Question 7

______ group in South America claims both indigenous and Hispanic ancestry.

A) Mulatto
B) Mestizos
C) Mestanos
D) Mulantos

Question 8

Which of the following is a racial category in the Brazilian census?

A) Brancos
B) Amarelos
C) Indian
D) both Brancos and Amarelos

Question 9

The United States is associated with ______ colonial settlement.

A) Spanish
B) French
C) English
D) all of these

Question 10

The 1924 Racial Integrity Act is also commonly referred to as ______.

A) one drop rule
B) 3/5 compromise
C) two degrees of separation rule
D) institutionalized racial system

Question 11

How many racial categories does the U.S. Census Bureau currently recognize?

A) 15
B) 5
C) 10
D) 13

Question 12

______ refers to the cultural differences between groups of people, including religion, tradition, language, ancestry, nation, geography, history, belief, and practice.

A) Race
B) Ancestry
C) Ethnicity
D) Social identity

Question 13

______ refers to a person's point of origin, their lineage or their decent.

A) Race
B) Ancestry
C) Ethnicity
D) Social identity

Question 14

______ represents regional groups that are placed into a large category, such as Asia.

A) Panethnicity
B) Pan-race
C) Multi-ethnicity
D) none of these

Question 15

The largest proportion of Asian immigrants come from ______.

A) China
B) India
C) Philippines
D) Vietnam

Question 16

People defined as Black may have ______ type of ancestry.

A) Caribbean
B) Haitian
C) Filipino
D) all of these

Question 17

In 2010 ______ was the top country of origin for European immigrants.

A) Poland
B) Russia
C) Germany
D) United Kingdom

Question 18

As of the 2010 census, Native Americans and Alaska Natives constituted ______ of the U.S. population.

A) 2%
B) 8%
C) 12%
D) 5%

Question 19

Which of the following is true about the category of "Hispanic" that the U.S. Census Bureau created?

A) It includes all people who speak Spanish.
B) It is considered a racial category in the census.
C) Both "it includes all people who speak Spanish" and "it is considered a racial category in the census"
D) None of these

Question 20

Which of the following is true of people labeled "Hispanic" by the U.S. Census Bureau?

A) The only thing they may have in common with each other is language.
B) They are all bilingual.
C) Many prefer to label themselves Latino/a, Chicano/a, or Mexican-American.
D) both "the only thing they may have in common with each other is language" and "many prefer to label themselves Latino/a, Chicano/a, or Mexican-American"

Question 21

What does it mean to be a minority-majority nation?

A) The total of all minority groups combined will be the majority.
B) There are more than 20 minority groups.
C) Minority groups comprise at least 30% of the population.
D) Minority groups comprise at least 60% of the population.

Question 22

What group is projected to be the largest in the United States in 2060?

A) Hispanics
B) Blacks
C) Whites
D) Indians

Question 23

______ is a patterned and structured set of roles and behaviors centered on the performance of important social tasks within any given society.

A) Social institution
B) Social structure
C) Role expectations
D) Phenotype

Question 24

The variation of international marital patterns demonstrates ______.

A) the influence of social structure
B) that social institutions are influenced by place and time
C) the social institutions are homogenous
D) that social structures vary by time

Question 25

______ is the view that one does not see race or ethnicity, only humans, and it informs many of our stock stories today.

A) Colorblindness
B) White flight
C) White privilege
D) Shadism

Question 26

Which of the following was proposed by Lee Anne Bell (2010) as a way in which race is analyzed?

A) stock stories
B) concealed stories
C) resistance stories
D) all of these

Question 27

The idea that blacks have comparable credit scores to whites is an example of ______.

A) stock story
B) resistance story
C) concealed story
D) transforming story

Question 28

The popular explanation that people in poverty are there due to the unwillingness to work is an example of ______.

A) stock story
B) resistance story
C) concealed story
D) transforming story

Question 29

______ type of racism is less overt than Jim Crow racism.

A) Colorblind racism
B) White privilege
C) Shadism
D) none of these

Question 30

According to Bonilla-Silva (2010), ______ is a component of colorblind racism.

A) abstract liberalism
B) xenophobia
C) minimization of racism
D) both "abstract liberalism" and "minimization of racism"

Question 31

______ types of theories argue that race, gender, and other salient social identities are intertwined and inseparable.

A) Colorblind
B) Intersectional
C) Feminist
D) Critical race

Question 32

What type of theory would be best applied to the problems facing educated African American women in finding suitable marriage partners?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) conflict theory
C) intersectional theory
D) feminist theory

Question 33

What type of theory would be applicable to investigating the disproportionate amount of incarcerated African American men?

A) conflict theory
B) feminist theory
C) intersectional theory
D) both "conflict theory" and "intersectional theory"

Question 34

______ is the judgment of an individual or group, often based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, class, and/or other social identities.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotypes
C) Discrimination
D) Racism

Question 35

______ are assumptions or generalizations applied to an entire group.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotypes
C) Discrimination
D) Racism

Question 36

______ refers to the differential allocation of goods, resources and services, and the limitation of access to full participation in society, based on an individual's membership in a particular social category.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotypes
C) Discrimination
D) Racism

Question 37

______ is the systematic devaluing, undermining, marginalizing, and disadvantaging of certain social identity groups in contrast to a privileged norm.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotypes
C) Oppression
D) Racism

Question 38

This racial experience has been compared to a birdcage: an interlocking network of institutional barriers that prevents escape.

A) prejudice
B) stereotypes
C) oppression
D) racism

Question 39

______ is a system of oppression by which those groups with relatively more social power subordinate members of targeted racial groups who have relatively little social power.

A) Prejudice
B) Stereotypes
C) Oppression
D) Racism

Question 40

This group is often the target of racism in the United States.

A) Asian Americans
B) Latino/as
C) blacks
D) all of these

Question 41

This type of racism occurs when discriminatory practices and behaviors are sanctioned by official rules, codes, or laws of an organization, institution, or society.

A) colorblind racism
B) Jim Crow racism
C) overt racism
D) white privilege

Question 42

The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Indian Removal Act are examples of ______ form of racism.

A) colorblind
B) Jim Crow
C) overt
D) white

Question 43

This type of racism is subtle in its application, and often ignored or misdiagnosed.

A) colorblind racism
B) Jim Crow racism
C) overt racism
D) covert racism

Question 44

Microaggressions are an example of ______ type of racism.

A) colorblind
B) Jim Crow
C) overt
D) covert

Question 45

Which author penned the classic article "White Privilege and Male Privilege"?

A) Peggy McIntosh
B) W. E. B. DuBois
C) Patricia Hill Collins
D) Dorothy Smith

Question 46

______ of racism suggests that we now have a fairly level playing field, everyone has equal opportunities to succeed, and racism is no longer a real problem.

A) Colorblind nature
B) Structure
C) Minimization
D) Maximization

Question 47

In response to black civil rights activism, ______ happened when whites relocated from urban areas to suburbs.

A) white flight
B) racial fleeing
C) mortgage freezes
D) none of these

Question 48

This approach to racial oppression posits that core racist realities are manifested in each of the major institutions of society.

A) structural
B) institutional
C) systemic
D) intersectional

Question 49

After examining concealed and resistance stories, these types of stories can be written to guide our actions as we work toward a more just society.

A) white power
B) black power
C) white privilege
D) transforming

Question 50

______ reframes ongoing inequality as the result of natural processes, rather than social relations.

A) Naturalization
B) Maximization
C) Pan-ethnicity
D) none of these

Question 51

When a person tries to make the argument that racial segregation is due to people's natural inclination to live near others of their race, they are practicing ______.

A) bigotry
B) stereotyping
C) maximization
D) naturalization

Question 52

A newspaper ad, following Hurricane Katrina, advertised housing assistance for any "white family." This an example of ______ type of racism.

A) overt
B) informal
C) colorblind
D) none of these

Question 53

The apartheid in South Africa is an example of ______ type of racism.

A) colorblind
B) Jim Crow
C) overt
D) covert

Question 54

Which of the following is a phenotypical trait?

A) hair texture
B) skin color
C) racial features
D) all of these

Question 55

In what geographical region of the United States will one see the lingering influence of Spanish colonization?

A) Northeast
B) Northwest
C) Southwest
D) none of these

Question 56

Anyone can be the victim of prejudice, stereotyping or discrimination, including white people.

Question 57

Panethnicity represents racial groups that are placed into a large category.

Question 58

There is more biological variation within our so-called racial groups than there is between them.

Question 59

Phenotypical traits are sometimes used to discriminate against people.

Question 60

Hispanic is a racial category.

Question 61

Few people are racially homogenous.

Question 62

Racial categories are static.

Question 63

The subfield of whiteness studies has grown over the last three decades.

Question 64

The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 was also known as the "one drop rule."

Question 65

The "one drop rule" was historically applied to both African and Native American ancestry.

Question 66

Identify and discuss two of the key insights about race that are developed in this textbook.

Question 67

Discuss the concept of privilege.

Question 68

Discuss the Iberian Hypothesis and its social implications.

Question 69

Identify and discuss two specific ways in race is socially constructed in the United States.

Question 70

Explain what the term "Hispanic" means and address how people feel about this label in the United States.