Race, Class, and Gender Test Bank
Course Introduction
This course examines the complex intersections of race, class, and gender in shaping social identities, opportunities, and experiences within contemporary society. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, students explore the ways in which systems of privilege and oppression operate at personal, institutional, and structural levels. Key topics include the historical roots of inequality, the dynamics of power and representation, intersectionality theory, and strategies for social justice. A combination of readings, discussions, and case studies encourages critical thinking about the impact of race, class, and gender on issues such as education, work, health, and public policy.
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Race in America 1st Edition by Matthew Desmond
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Chapter 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Describe an example of how whiteness is held up as the status quo.
Answer: One example of how whiteness is held up as the status quo is in the beauty and fashion industry. Historically, beauty standards have been centered around Eurocentric features, such as fair skin, straight hair, and thin noses. This has led to a lack of representation and opportunities for people of color in the industry. Models, actors, and public figures who fit these standards are often given more opportunities and visibility, while those who do not conform to these standards are marginalized. This perpetuates the idea that whiteness is the standard of beauty and reinforces systemic racism within the industry. Additionally, the lack of diversity in beauty and fashion advertising further reinforces the idea that whiteness is the norm, leaving people of color feeling excluded and unrepresented.
Q2) In the United States,whiteness is the _______________ racial category,that with which all other categories are compared and contrasted.
A)normal
B)dominant
C)exclusionary
D)cultural
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: The Invention of Race
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Q1) From 1600 to 1900,approximately what percentage of America's indigenous peoples died as a direct result of European colonization?
A)25 percent
B)55 percent
C)75 percent
D)90 percent
Answer: D
Q2) From the end of the nineteenth century to the 1970s,thousands of Native Americans and African Americans,as well as people deemed mentally retarded or criminal,were sterilized against their will.This phenomenon was an example of what?
A)eugenics
B)Jim Crow laws
C)assimilation
D)polarization
Answer: A
Q3) What were two ways in which slaves rebelled against their masters?
Answer: Answers may include the following: Subtle resistance,such as playing dumb and working slowly,and more overt resistance,such as armed rebellion and fleeing the South.
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Chapter 3: Politics
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Q1) Name and describe one characteristic shared by black and Native American civil rights organizers.
Answer: Answers will vary and may include the following: both movements were led by youth,especially college students.
Q2) What do Emmett Till,Charlie Lang,Ernest Green,and Henry Bedford all have in common?
A)They all were involved the Democratic Party.
B)They all went to desegregated schools.
C)They all lobbied for the right to vote.
D)They were all victims of white terrorism.
Answer: D
Q3) What part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC)was Ella Baker critical of?
A)the style of charismatic masculine)leadership
B)the presence of whites
C)the lack of young people
D)the prevalence of powerful business leaders
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Economics
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Q1) ______________ women are more likely to return to welfare than white women for many reasons,including the fact that ____________.
A)Black and Hispanic;women of color face more obstacles in the labor market
B)White;women of color tend to have a stronger "private safety net" than white women do
C)Black and Hispanic;white women who receive welfare are less likely to be married than women of color are
D)White;there are more white women in the United States than there are black and Hispanic women
Q2) A national homebuilder developing a new home community needs to hire framers,plumbers,painters,electricians,and other construction workers.There are plenty of qualified,unionized,nonimmigrant job applicants,but the builder chooses to hire mostly Mexican immigrants.According to sociologist Edna Bonacich,this choice reflects the existence of:
A)community college training programs
B)a tight labor market
C)equal opportunity employment laws
D)a split labor market
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Chapter 5: Housing
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Q1) What events prompted the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act?
A)John F.Kennedy's assassination and the subsequent urban uprisings
B)the passage of the Voting Rights Act and the election of Lyndon B.Johnson
C)the assassinations of John F.Kennedy and Martin Luther King,Jr.
D)the assassination of Martin Luther King,Jr. ,and the subsequent urban uprisings
Q2) How much has public housing inventory fallen since 1991?
A)40 percent
B)20 percent
C)None;public housing inventory has remained stable
D)None;public housing inventory has actually increased since 1991
Q3) What do the textbook authors mean when they say certain groups may suffer the "blemish of place"? Give two examples of groups that suffer from the blemish of place.
Q4) A large number of whites moving from New York City into the whites-only suburb of Levittown on Long Island following World War II is an example of:
A)deurbanization
B)white fight
C)white flight
D)deindustrialization
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Chapter 6: Crime and Punishment
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Q1) After Japanese fighter pilots bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941,prejudice and paranoia directed at Japanese Americans boiled over,and Japanese Americans were seen as "the enemy within our borders." Compare and contrast the treatment of Japanese Americans following Pearl Harbor with the treatment of Arab Americans following the September 11,2001,attacks on the World Trade Center.
Q2) Between 1880 and 1930,lynch mobs murdered how many black people?
A)570
B)1,208
C)2,300
D)4,582
Q3) At Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm,how many prisoners died under cruel working conditions?
A)one in two
B)one in six
C)one in twenty
D)one in forty-five
Q4) The textbook provides two different arguments about how the media shape society's attitudes about race and crime.What are the two arguments,which do you find most convincing,and why? Propose one suggestion for improving the media's portrayal of race.
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) In many U.S.classroom settings,students of color are often dubbed the "experts" on race through what practice?
A)allowing students of color to speak for themselves
B)tracking students of color into ethnic studies majors
C)inflating the grades of students of color
D)asking students of color to speak for an entire population
Q2) Prudence Carter and John Ogbu were both concerned with the question of whether black students' academic achievement is negatively impacted by a cultural practice of avoiding "acting white." How does their work differ?
Q3) Some critics of multicultural education argue that it "lowers the bar." The textbook authors explain that not only does intercultural training make better students but that diverse learning environments are also important from participation in the workforce and in a racially diverse democracy.Describe a scenario that illustrates how intercultural education benefits workers and citizens.
Q4) Scholar Chandra Mohanty challenges other scholars to "decolonize our disciplinary thoughts and pedagogical practices".Given the examples of how whiteness shapes literature,history,and anthropology,offer an example of how to "decolonize" knowledge.
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Chapter 8: Aesthetics
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Q1) An art museum recently decreased the price of admission,instituted admission-free Sundays,and offered free art education classes at a nearby low-income public school.These efforts can help the museum to:
A)increase attendance among the poor and working class
B)limit accessibility to only those in the working class
C)decrease attendance by the upper and middle class
D)increase attendance by those with highbrow taste
Q2) Achieving commercial success at the expense of a political message or an artist's authenticity is often referred to as what?
A)going native
B)cultural appropriation
C)cultural capital
D)selling out
Q3) Where can we find the roots of our problematic ideas about "cultural authenticity"?
A)performance artists
B)museum curators
C)multiethnic artists
D)European colonizers
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Chapter 9: Associations
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Q1) _____ have higher rates of civic engagement and civil participation;_____ are less likely to join voluntary associations or participate in community activities.
A)Men;women
B)Whites;people of color
C)Asian Americans;Latinos
D)African Americans;whites
Q2) Online,an Arab American man can pass as a white woman,just as a white woman can pass as a Native American teenager.These virtual associations encourage a form of: A)virtual racism
B)experimental sexism
C)online reality
D)racial tourism
Q3) Sociologists Michael Emerson and Karen Chai Kim have argued that despite the racial integration that has been occurring in other institutions,the vast majority of the more than 300,000 religious congregations-the largest and most active voluntary associations-involve members who are of the same race.List two reasons why this is.
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Chapter 10: Intimate Life
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Q1) Couples who are dissimilar from one another may have a lower probability of staying married;black couples show greater spousal dissimilarity than nonblack couples.One reason for this may be that:
A)the relatively small size of the marriage pool for blacks limits choices for potential mates,increasing the chance of incompatibility
B)the pattern of behaviors among black men across society makes them less adaptable,causing incompatibilities with most spouses,regardless of race
C)the adage "opposites attract" creates a sense of adventure for some couples that disappears over time,and black couples are more likely to marry earlier,before that sense of adventure ends
D)blacks have similar understandings of gender role expectations within the relationship but diverging understandings of how couples express love
Q2) Why have some historians labeled the black family under slavery a "reproductive unit"?
Q3) What is "racial authenticity," and why is it important?
Q4) Why do Hispanic men have a relative advantage when it comes to the labor market and marriage as compared to black men?
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Chapter 11: Toward Racial Democracy
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Q1) For proponents of the color-blind framework,what is the role of racial identity in society?
Q2) In American history,the assimilation model:
A)took into account the diversity of peoples in American society,including descendants of African slaves,Asian immigrants,European immigrants,Native Americans,and Latinos B)was a dialogue of interactions where the "melting pot" of American society produced transformation to both the new peoples in society and those already established C)was most pronounced in the South D)required that people adopt the predominant cultural norms of the established society of power and influence while minimizing the practices of their racial/ethnic groups
Q3) How does "racial intelligence" provide foresight in new situations?
Q4) Explain the steps of Park's race relations cycle.
Q5) Can people go "too far" in accepting adversarial cultures through the lens of multiculturalism? Discuss one example to support your answer.
Q6) Explain why the melting pot is the common symbol of American assimilation.
Q7) What is the basic problem with statements such as "Blacks are very athletic."?
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