Deck 8: American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Multiracial Group Members

Question 1

Interracial marriage

A) is illegal in several U.S. states.
B) was illegal until a 1967 Supreme Court decision.
C) was illegal until the end of the Civil War (1865).
D) was never formally illegal in the U.S.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The 1990 census was the first time that one could self-identify with more than one race.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

American Indians and Alaska Natives are less likely than all racial and ethnic groups to have a college degree.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A culture of nondiscrimination

A) can help avoid inadvertent discrimination.
B) is of no value to those who are invisibly multi-racial.
C) groups those who are multi-racial into only one group.
D) requires that people not define their own group membership.

Question 5

Nearly 7 million people in the U.S. report belonging to two or more races.

Question 6

Barack Obama

A) is widely considered to be Black, but is actually biracial.
B) was the first Black U.S. senator in history.
C) is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Kenya.
D) is Black, Hispanic, and American Indian.

Question 7

The majority of American Indians live on reservations.

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the American Indian/Alaska Native population?

A) It began to decline during the 1900s due to declining fertility rates and increasing mortality rates.
B) Changes in self-identification have contributed to increases in the population.
C) About 15% of the U.S. population is American Indian and Alaska Natives.
D) They have almost totally disappeared from urban areas.

Question 9

Which of the following is true of multiracial people?

A) Multiracial people do not appear to be only one race.
B) Care should be taken to avoid grouping multiracials with one group and ignoring the other(s) aspects of their identity.
C) Having a culture of nondiscrimination in an organization does not help avoid inadvertent discrimination against invisibly multiracial individuals.
D) Only those who have four or more racial identities are considered to be multiracial.

Question 10

Wilma Mankiller

A) was the first woman in modern history to serve as chief of an American Indian tribe.
B) is the coordinator for multiple lucrative American Indian casinos throughout the U.S.
C) sought to help American Indians reclaim their lands from Whites.
D) resented the focus on Blacks and Latinos instead of American Indians.

Question 11

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

A) does not protect American Indians and Alaska Natives living outside of reservations.
B) has been used in English only cases on behalf of American Indians.
C) excludes American Indians' religious services from protection because some services are long in duration and require extensive time off from work.
D) has been declared unconstitutional.

Question 12

Multiracial people have lower average ages than single race people.

Question 13

Until 1924, American Indians born in the U.S. were not U.S. citizens.

Question 14

Approval of interracial marriage increases with education levels.

Question 15

According to the "one-drop rule"

A) Anyone who spilled one-drop of a White person's blood would be executed.
B) Anyone who had one-drop of American Indian blood would be considered American Indian, if desired.
C) Anyone with one known Black ancestor was deemed Black, regardless of the number or proportion of non-Black ancestors.
D) Any child of the union of a White and a non-White person would be deemed a member of the non-White parent's race.

Question 16

Which of the following is true of American Indians as sports symbols?

A) The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) refused to penalize universities that continued to use them.
B) Some Indian tribes supported universities' use of the sports symbols.
C) The Civil Rights Commission has argued that the use of American Indians as sports symbols does not prevent people from learning about real American Indians and their culture.
D) American Indians tend to be proud that they are sports symbols.

Question 17

Research on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women shows that

A) AI/AN women have higher participation rates, unemployment levels, and incomes than other women.
B) American Indian women managers navigate between two distinctive but interconnected worlds.
C) AI/AN women are less likely to be in poverty than Black women.
D) AI/AN women earn more than AI/AN men when working in similar circumstances.

Question 18

Gaming wealth associated with casinos on or near reservations is significant for a very small portion of the American Indian population.

Question 19

American Indians who have lived primarily on reservation or trust lands will have similar experiences than those who have lived elsewhere.

Question 20

The U.S. Census did not include American Indians until 1860, and then only if they were not living on reservations.

Question 21

Although the term "Native American" is often construed as more appropriate, American Indian is more commonly used by members of the group themselves and is considered broadly acceptable.

Question 22

American Indians and Alaska Natives have the worst employment rates in the U.S.​

Question 23

Since the Year 2000, the law no longer permits people to indicate multiple racial identities to the U.S. Census but must select just one.

Question 24

There is a very wide range of estimates of the population of American Indians in the U.S. at first European contact.

Question 25

The Mâori are indigenous people to New Zealand.

Question 26

For recruitment purposes, tribal colleges are not generally a good source of American Indian applicants because such colleges tend not to be accredited.

Question 27

Combating multi-racial discrimination requires individual and organizational commitment and not simply dependance on laws.​

Question 28

Native Americans are often overlooked in studies of diversity in organizations.​

Question 29

The American Indian population increased 40% from 2000 to 2010 as a result of immigration.​

Question 30

Multiracial people may experience negative organizational outcomes because one of their racial backgrounds is invisible.