Test Bank Chapter 4 Sociological Theories Of Race And Racism

Chapter 4: Sociological Theories of Race and Racism

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 01

1) Which of the following is NOT true?

a. Blacks and Latinos are several times more likely to go to prison than Whites.

b. Audit studies show that Blacks are less likely than Whites to be interviewed.

c. Affirmative action has significantly increased the number of Black and Latino studentsaccepted to Ivy League school by 125%.

d. Teachers are more likely to recommend White students for gifted programs.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 02

2) Sociological theories in the field of race and ethnic relations look at:

a. how racism works and how people are racialized.

b. how racism hurts people and how people are racist.

c. how people are radicalized and how racism works.

d. how racism works and why racism exists.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 03

3) Racially discriminatory actions by individuals, such as a landlord lying about an apartment being taken because the person on the phone has an “Asian accent,” constitutes:

a. systemic racism.

b. structural racism.

c. linguistic racism.

d. individual racism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 04

4) Racial microaggressions are?

a. Slightly racist statements that hurt the feelings of people of color.

b. Innocent racial comments that end up having a psychological effect on people of color.

c. Daily commonplace insults and racial slights that cumulatively affect thepsychological well-being of people of color.

d. Daily, racial stereotyping that ends up psychologically affecting people of color.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 05

5) Out of a recent study of 152 Asian Americans _____ of them experienced microaggressions during a two-week period.

a. 18%

b. 31%

c. 55%

d. 78%

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 06

6) Which of the following is a real-life example of a racial microaggression gathered by The Microaggressions Project?

a. Ohmygawd. You’re totally not what people think of when they think of Muslim women. You’re so cool.

b. I express that my brother attends a private university. Immediately a girl responds in a very sure voice, “Oh, he plays football?”

c. I always get asked to be an interpreter for patients who are not native English speakers, specifically for those of Asian background.

d. All of the above.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 07

7) In Black neighborhoods in Washington D.C. and Chicago, nearly three-quarters of Black men have been incarcerated. This is an example of

a. community racism.

b. institutional racism.

c. cultural racism.

d. color-blind racism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 08

8) _____ racism focuses on accumulated acts of racism across history and throughout one’s lifetime; _____ racism focuses on inter-institutional interactions across time and space; and ______racism focuses on practices within institutions?

a. Systemic; structural; institutional

b. Systemic; institutional; structural

c. Structural; systemic; institutional

d. Institutional; structural; systemic

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 09

9) Systemic racism theory gives primacy to _____ and to _____.

a. institutions; racism.

b. individuals; racial microaggressions.

c. racial microaggressions; racial prejudice.

d. history and anti-Blackness.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 10

10) Racial inequality in housing leads to racial inequality in schooling, which in turn leads to racial inequality in the labor market. This is an example of:

a. systemic racism.

b. structural racism.

c. inter-institutional racism.

d. chain reaction racism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 11

11) According to Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, “Societies that have _________ differentially allocate economic, political, social, and even psychological rewards to groups along racial lines.”

a. institutional racism

b. racist power structure

c. racialized social systems

d. racially unequal practices

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 12

12) Racial formation theory argues that ______ is the primary site where race is constructed and contested?

a. the home

b. the school system

c. the court system

d. the state

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 13

13) Through a process of racial formation, both the ______ government and _____ governments define who is and who is not Native American.

a. federal, tribal

b. state, federal

c. tribal, state

d. local, tribal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 14

14) Kandaswamy (2012) argues that ________ideas of gender, sexuality, race, and class influence public opinions about who deserves state assistance and who does not.

a. interconnected

b. intersectional

c. interactive

d. interchangeable

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 15

15) Andrea Smith (2012) argues that there are three pillars of White supremacy. They are:

a. racism, prejudice, and power.

b. anti-Blackness, anti-immigration, and orientalism.

c. genocide, feticide, and miticide.

d. anti-Black racism, genocide, and orientalism.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 16

16) Islamophobia began as _______ discrimination and has evolved into ________ discrimination.

a. Arabic, Muslim

b. Islamic, Arabic

c. religious, racial/ethnic

d. minor, major

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 17

17) White supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism are three _______ systems of oppression.

a. interrelated

b. interlocking

c. interinstitutional

d. intersectional

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 18

18) Which of the following scholars did NOT contribute to the concept of intersectionality?

a. Patricia Hill Collins

b. Kimberlé Crenshaw

c. Maria Espinosa

d. bell hooks

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 19

19) Which of the following would be systems of oppression that require intersectional analysis?

a. race, class, and gender

b. race, age, and citizenship status

c. race, ability, and sexual identity

d. all of the above

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 20

20) Critical race theory is:

a. A theory of race and racism that critically analyzes racialized social systems, identifies individual racism, and the analysis of structural racism.

b. A theory of race and racism that criticizes White history, engages Black history, and supports Marxism.

c. A theory of race and racism that attacks racial discrimination, racial oppression, and racial domination.

d. A theory of race and racism that centers the voices of people of color, focuses on theeradication of racist oppression, and uses reflexive thinking.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 01

1) Please describe two studies that provide evidence that individual racism is widespread.

Page reference: Individual Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 02

2) Provide an example of a racial microaggression.

Page reference: Individual Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 03

3) Please give an example of structural racism.

Page reference: Structural Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 04

4) How is Hurricane Katrina an example of systemic racism?

Page reference: Systemic Racism and Hurricane Katrina

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 05

5) How do tax policies enhance racial inequality?

Page reference: Structural Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 06

6) What is a racial project as defined by Omi and Winant? Please give an example.

Page reference: Racial Formation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 07

7) The “welfare queen” is a stereotype that interconnects what kinds of formation?

Page reference: Racial Formation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 08

8) What is the difference between a racial project and a racist project?

Page reference: Racial Formation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 09

9) Please give an example of orientalism, one of the pillars of White Supremacy.

Page reference: White Supremacy and Settler Colonialism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 10

10) Is there a difference between Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism? Why or why not?

Page reference: Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 01

1) Please provide an example of racial prejudice and racial discrimination in action.

Page reference: Individual Racism and Institutional Racism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 02

2) What are some of the critiques of Omi and Winant’s racial formation theory?

Page reference: Racial Formation

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 03

3) Please provide three (3) examples of racist ideas about and practices toward indigenous people?

Page reference: Examining Legitimized Racism Against Indigenous Peoples

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 04

4) How can the settler colonial framework be applied to another racialized minority group?

Page reference: White Supremacy and Settler Colonialism

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 04 Question 05

5) Kimberlé Crenshaw explains how a group of Black and Latina women end up in a battered women’s shelter. What are the systems of oppression that make up the intersectionality in this scenario?

Page reference: Intersectional Theories of Race and Racism