Chapter 2 Student Quiz

. The assumption that one was born abroad that is encountered on a constant basis by a Chinese American is an example of a racial

microaggression.

insult.

misconception.

foreigner dilemma.

. The meaning of institutional racism is when

every level of one organization is discriminatory.

legacies of inequality result in discrimination in more than one setting.

discrimination is individual, ideological, and society-wide.

an individual discriminates against another person.

. The meaning of systemic racism involves

every level of one organization is discriminatory.

legacies of inequality result in discrimination in more than one setting.

discrimination is individual, ideological, and society-wide.

an individual discriminates against another person.

. Racial formation refers to the

doing and undoing of race, racism, and anti-racism.

philosophy of race.

static understanding of race.

the process by which people of color define their identity.

. A critical component of racial formation is

the racial project.

legacy.

the laws.

a person's identity.

. Settler colonialism includes analysis of

capitalism and racism.

laws and racism.

every day racism.

Europe and the Americas.

. Intersectional theories are those that combine scrutiny of

micro and macro level institutions.

history and capitalism.

diverse types of racism.

race and gender.

. The idea that Native people are vanishing justifies, in white supremacist terms,

the right of non-Native people to own and exploit Native lands.

Native people's inferiority.

the declining impact of colonization.

the growing power of Native people.

. Color-blindness perpetuates a social dynamic that

maintains inequality without references to race.

helps stop racism from continuing.

focuses on redressing past injustices.

addresses the needs of people of color.

. Abstract liberalism is a political belief about progress in racial ideologies.

TRUE

FALSE

. Minimization of racism is one of the four frames of color-blind racism.

TRUE

FALSE

. Fill in the blank: Arguing that the behavior patterns of an entire racial group contribute to their levels of poverty is a type of __________ racism.

biological

cultural

overt

minimization of

. Obama-era colorblind universalism and Trump-era cultural and biological racism did which of the following?

Upheld racial hierarchies, with whites having access to more resources and opportunities

Represented new forms of racism that had not been practiced before

Worked against each other with colorblind universalism helping to eradicate racism in government policies

Create a post-racial state

. The median net-worth of Hispanics is higher than the net-worth of blacks.

TRUE

FALSE

.

The "wage of whiteness" refers to the economic incentive whites receive by being born white.

TRUE

FALSE

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