Recognizing Racism And Racial Full Test Bank Chapter 3

Test Bank

Chapter 3: Recognizing Racism and Racial Inequalities

Multiple Choice

1. ______ is a socially constructed identity based on various phenotypical markers.

a. Class

b. Ethnicity

c. Race

d. Capital

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Professor Hermsen explained that race is a social construction. This means that race is ______.

a. not learned

b. a trait that determines ethnicity

c. a shared community

d. not constant across time or location

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Which statistical fact is true about racial grouping?

a. People decide which racial group to identify with.

b. Family genetic patterns show distinct groups.

c. Some traits are unique to a particular racial group.

d. There is more variation within any one group than between groups.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. A sociology student asked why sociologists study race if race is not actually real. How would the professor answer?

a. Sociology ignores biology.

b. Race is real in its consequences.

c. Studying race is different from talking about race.

d. Ethnicity is the variable sociologists actually examine.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. As a group, Whites consistently have more wealth than non-Whites. The American structure of unequal wealth is a product of ______ when examining how economic issues are intertwined with racial categories and a legacy of slavery and exclusionary economic policy.

a. ethnicity

b. racialization

c. recognition

d. double consciousness

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. W.E.B. Dubois developed the concept of ______ to describe living with racial stereotypes an expectation in a racist society.

a. ethnicity

b. racialization

c. recognition

d. double consciousness

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. A small town has an annual African American beauty pageant. A White woman told the media, “I don’t know why they need a pageant of their own. This sounds like reverse discrimination to me.” The organizer of the pageant explained in an interview, “The pageant has been a tradition since our founder was excluded from an all-White beauty pageant in 1969.” The pageant organizer states that the intent of the pageant is to encourage the development of ______ to protect against the negative effects of racism.

a. double consciousness

b. positive racial identity

c. a marginalized group

d. discrimination

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Prejudice is to ______ as racial discrimination is to ______.

a. ethnicity; race

b. race; ethnicity

c. attitude; action

d. action; attitude

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. What is racism?

a. A person who acts on prejudice.

b. A person who discriminates.

c. A system of redistribution and political suppression.

d. A system of advantage and disadvantage based on race.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. A person says, “I don’t prefer to speak about race. I accept all people no matter what color; it can be green, blue, or anything really.” This is an example of ______.

a. colorblind racism

b. systemic racism

c. institutional racism

d. imagined cultural traits

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. Which sociologist directed attention to studies of racial privilege?

a. W.E.B. DuBois

b. Peggy McIntosh

c. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

d. Howard Zinn

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Easy

12. What was the purpose of the Naturalization Act of 1790?

a. It legalized slavery.

b. It tried to spread the English language.

c. It gave all immigrants a path to citizenship.

d. It gave American citizenship to Whites exclusively.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Racially Discriminatory Laws and Policies

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Which group received the most help from the government to acquire land and wealth throughout American history?

a. Whites

b. Blacks

c. Asians

d. Latinx

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Racially Discriminatory Laws and Policies

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. What was the consequence of the 14th Amendment?

a. It granted religious freedom.

b. It made everyone born in the United States a citizen.

c. It abolished racial segregation of public facilities.

d. It granted non-Whites the right to vote.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Black Americans were legally able to own property with the passage of the ______.

a. 14th Amendment

b. Homesteading Acts

c. Naturalization Act of 1790

d. Alien Land Acts

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. How did racism negate the progress made by federal laws guaranteeing citizenship to Black Americans?

a. Jim Crow laws were enforced in the states.

b. The Civil War disrupted the period of Reconstruction.

c. Black Americans did not move to the North.

d. Whites lost trust in the Constitution.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. In addition to redlining, which other legal strategy was used to accomplish racial segregation?

a. racialization

b. restrictive covenants

c. double consciousness

d. social construction

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. What was the outcome of the Fair Housing Act of 1968?

a. Whites were no longer the only racial group that were granted government-subsidized loans to buy a home.

b. Segregation of public areas became illegal.

c. The federal government repaired houses that did not pass safety inspections.

d. This allowed home buyers who intended to live in the home the privilege of bidding on the house before a company or real estate developer.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Suburbanization caused most wealthy people to move out of the city. As a result, the residential property values in urban areas decreased. With fewer people looking to buy real estate in the city, the better investments were in the suburbs where demand for purchasing a home was high. As property values plummeted in urban areas, real estate investors bought former mansions for very cheap and turned them into luxury apartment complexes for students attending a university nearby. Low-income residents were forced out of the city as property values and investment begin to climb back up in certain areas. This describes the process of ______.

a. White flight

b. gentrification

c. migration

d. microaggression

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Urban Renewal, White Flight, and Gentrification

Difficulty Level: Hard

20. Which term describes a social fear that results in negative economic consequences for people of color?

a. gentrification

b. suburbanization

c. White flight

d. double consciousness

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Urban Renewal, White Flight, and Gentrification

Difficulty Level: Hard

21. Which factor is most influential in shaping wealth inequality in the United States?

a. crime

b. personal spending

c. education

d. government policies

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Wealth Gap

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Which statement is true about public schools in the United States?

a. In recent years, public schools have become more racially segregated.

b. In recent years, public schools have become less racially segregated.

c. All schools receive the same funding.

d. Higher education is one of the few historic institutions that does not have a legacy of racial exclusion.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. At a college orientation a career counselor emphasizes the value of maintaining good relationships with classmates and other acquaintances. The counselor explains that maintaining close friends is important to mental and emotional well-being, but having a wide variety of acquaintances on good terms is more likely to open up career opportunities. The career counselor is speaking to the students about ______ capital.

a. economic

b. cultural

c. social

d. gender

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. Sociologists define racial inequality as a social problem that is reproduced by ______.

a. intentional biases

b. personal preferences for homogeneity

c. animosity between groups

d. historical forces that shape opportunity

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. How does colorblind racism characterize racial inequality?

a. It is a rare problem for lazy people.

b. It is a pressing social problem.

c. It is an institutional problem.

d. It is a product of a history of discrimination.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Why do Racial Inequality and Racism Persist?

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. People who enjoy low taxes on inherited wealth are experiencing ______.

a. property taxes

b. colorblind racism

c. structural advantage

d. structural disadvantage

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which factor explains the gap between White wealth and Black wealth?

a. The government giving White families an exclusive economic head start.

b. Income inequality is the link that that explains this social problem.

c. Gender is the lurking variable in this situation.

d. The government giving Black families government assistance like welfare.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. How can advocates for education eliminate inequalities in the public school system?

a. change how public schools are funded

b. provide vouchers to low-income students

c. initiate bussing to desegregate schools

d. abolish private schools

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. What is one reliable way social scientists measure the extent of racial profiling?

a. self-reported surveys

b. state records of traffic stops and patrol by police

c. theorizing

d. survey racial attitudes of police

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Hard

30. The purpose of the 1965 Voting Rights Act was to ______.

a. ensure equal access to voting

b. require a photo ID for voting

c. prevent voter fraud

d. prevent convicted felons from voting

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Why are Black men disproportionately impacted by felon disenfranchisement?

a. failing to obtain an ID

b. failing to register to vote

c. a higher likelihood of committing crime

d. racial bias in criminal sentencing practices

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Which term refers to redrawing boundaries of voting districts to neutralize the votes of racial and ethnic minority groups?

a. racial profiling

b. gerrymandering

c. colorblind racism

d. controlling images

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Easy

33. Sociologist Devah Pager conducted an audit study to document the process of landing a job interview. The study featured pairs of applicants equally qualified except for the status of race and criminal history. What were the findings of this groundbreaking research?

a. Black applicants without a criminal record were called the most due to affirmative action policies.

b. Black applicants without a criminal record were called back at higher rates than White applicants with a criminal record.

c. Whites with a criminal record were least likely to be called back.

d. Whites with a criminal record were more likely to be called back than Black applicants without a criminal record.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Discrimination in Employment

Difficulty Level: Hard

34. According to data from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since the ______ hate crimes have ______.

a. Civil Rights Act of 1964; decreased

b. Civil Rights Act of 1964; increased

c. election of President Trump; decreased

d. election of President Trump; increased

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gaining Education and Changing Institutions

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. What is the most effective way to destroy stereotypes?

a. educating people about stereotypes

b. changing the opportunity structure

c. ascribing to colorblind racism

d. monitoring White supremacist groups

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Gaining Education and Changing Institutions

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. Before World War II a popular stereotype about Jewish people was that they were naturally athletic. When the opportunity structure changed they gained access to whiteness and wealth and fewer Jewish people focused their time and energy on playing sports. As a result, this stereotype faded away. This historical example demonstrates how ______.

a. racial stereotypes are socially constructed

b. meritocracy works best

c. social movements influence social change

d. the Civil Rights Movement began

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Gaining Education and Changing Institutions

Difficulty Level: Hard

37. What is a social movement?

a. The measure of migration patterns.

b. The measure of immigration patterns.

c. Collective actions meant to influence social change.

d. Collective movement of people up or down the social hierarchy.

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Easy

38. What is the benefit of people organizing collectively?

a. It makes them more powerful.

b. Elites respect organization.

c. City permits are only issued to official organizations.

d. When people get together they are more moderate.

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. What is an easy way to address racism and racial inequality?

a. Voting for candidates who propose ways to address them.

b. Leading a social movement.

c. Challenging people who express racist sentiments.

d. Starting a social media campaign.

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Easy

40. The statement, “You cannot be neutral on a moving train,” describes how ______.

a. the Industrial Revolution changed standards of living

b. alleged neutrality ultimately supports injustice

c. racial injustice is getting worse

d. racism is unique to a few individuals

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Race and ethnicity are two different terms that describe the same thing.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Racial groups are identified by distinct genetic material unique to particular groups.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. European Americans like people from Ireland were not always considered White.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Racial categories were socially constructed to justify unequal resource distribution.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. W.E.B. Dubois recognized some positive aspects of double consciousness.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Individuals who are currently overtly racist are ultimately responsible for racial injustice in our society.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Some people are not biased at all, while others are explicitly biased.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Discrimination is an attitude that may lead to actions of prejudice.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. White people do not belong to any particular racial category.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. The United States government exclusively gave White families land and subsidized home loans until 1976.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Racially Discriminatory Laws and Policies

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Everyone born in within the borders of the United States were considered citizens after the Constitution was ratified.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Racially Discriminatory Laws and Policies

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Asian immigrants are a model minority that were not oppressed by U.S. government policy concerning citizenship and land ownership.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Racially Discriminatory Laws and Policies

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Jim Crow laws were passed by the House and Senate of the United States.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Slavery and Jim Crow Laws

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Redlining became a strategy of preserving White privilege in the 1930s.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Most suburban communities were racially integrated and started the desegregation movement.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. White flight is another word for gentrification.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Urban Renewal, White Flight, and Gentrification

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Whites have more wealth than other racial groups due to government policies that exclusively benefitted Whites.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Urban Renewal, White Flight, and Gentrification

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Local property taxes typically fund public schools.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Schools

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Economic capital refers to the money and resources someone possess.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. The school system in the United States is largely segregated by race and class.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Police patrol communities in a systematic fashion to cover them all equally.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Inherited Wealth, Schools, Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Colorblind racism assumes a system of equal opportunity.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Blaming Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

23. Controlling images are powerful stereotypes exacerbated by segregation and inequality.

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Blaming Culture

Difficulty Level: Easy

24. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 made things like poll taxes and literacy tests illegal.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Easy

25. Florida residents recently voted to restore voting rights to ex-felons who have completed their sentences.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Requiring a photo ID to vote makes it more difficult for lower income citizens to exercise this civil right.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Differences in the unemployment rate reflect persistent racial discrimination.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Discrimination in Employment

Difficulty Level: Easy

28. The stigma of a criminal record hurts Blacks’ chances of employment more than Whites.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Discrimination in Employment

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Cleaning homes for cash is an illegal activity because it is not filed as taxable income.

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Discrimination in Employment

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Social movements infrequently help in anti-racism efforts.

Learning Objective: 3.6 How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Provide evidence for how race is not biologically real.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Why do sociologists consider race as something that is not real, yet they still study it?

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. What is racial privilege? Provide an example.

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. How does colorblind racism use culture to explain racial inequality if confronted with evidence of it?

Learning Objective: 3.4: How can today’s racial inequalities be understood in relation to historical policies?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Blaming Culture

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. How are racism and racial inequality harmful to everyone in society, even the dominant group?

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Social Problems Relate to Racism and Racial Inequalities?

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. What is the purpose of racialization? Provide an example.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. According to W.E.B. DuBois, is double consciousness a burden or useful tool? Explain your answer.

Learning Objective: 3.1: What does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: What Is Race?

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. A political commentator asserts that race no longer matters and disparages the Black Lives Matter movement for pulling “the race card.” Your younger sibling overhears the show and asks you if it’s true that racism is over. How do you respond based on sociological evidence?

Learning Objective: 3.2: What is the difference between prejudice and racism?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: What Is Racism?

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. What are microaggressions? Provide an example.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Schools

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Explain how the Federal Housing Agency can be considered a White welfare program.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. If you had to choose which type of capital to have the most of which would it be: economic capital, social capital, or cultural capital? Explain your answer.

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Economic, Social, and Cultural Capital

Difficulty Level: Hard

7. Explain the process of gentrification through an example or a hypothetical situation. Who, or which groups, benefit most from this process?

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Urban Renewal, White Flight, and Gentrification

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. Roger explains how his friend was a victim of redlining shortly after World War II. Roger knows that redlining is discrimination against non-Whites in homeownership, but he does not know how it happened. As a student of sociology what can you share with Roger?

Learning Objective: 3.3: What is racial privilege, and what are some examples?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Redlining

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. Evaluate the validity of the statement, “America is the most democratic country in the world.”

Learning Objective: 3.5: What are some social problems related to racism and racial inequalities?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Voter Suppression

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. Community organizers help local citizens organize themselves to have their voices heard by city and state officials. A community organizer offers advice to students interested in starting a social movement. The community organizer has specific information about who should direct a social movement. What advice did the community organizer provide?

Learning Objective: 3.6: How can racism and racial inequalities be diminished?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Participating in Social Movements and Voting

Difficulty Level: Hard