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Chapter 5 Student Quiz
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Fill in the blank: The desire for __________ is due to many motivations for women around the world, including to look healthy or to improve one's appearance for marriageability.
lighter skin
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certain shoe sizes
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blue eyes
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darker skin
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Colorism is/was mostly practiced as a form of discrimination through skin color stratification by
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Native Americans against within-group members.
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people in the past.
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youth.
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Studies show that lighter skin provides
access to material resources and opportunities.
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higher self-esteem.
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no benefits.
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higher IQs.
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All of the following statements about skin bleaching are true except:
Skin bleaching is only common for black women.
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Skin whiteners are sold by prominent companies.
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Skin bleaching has an international market.
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Skin bleaching cause skin cancer.
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All of the following statements are true except:
Skin color shades are not noticed in Latina communities.
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Skin color is a concern for many women of color.
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Lighter skin is considered aesthetically pleasing in many cultures.
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Many Africans continue to privilege light skin.
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Fill in the blank: Colorism includes the valuing and disvaluing of __________ along with skin tone.
facial features
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hair texture
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body size
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both facial features and hair texture
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Beauty expectations may work to
prevent or fragment women from making coalitions and taking action to improve social conditions and address oppression.
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unify women as they have common concerns about the quality and safety of beauty products.
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not impact the group dynamics among women.
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create coalitions among men and women for a more judge society.
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Beauty pageants in Nigeria specifically seek out several types of beauty to match the intended audience's expectations, which shows that beauty standards
possess similarities around the world.
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contain some locally shaped influences.
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differ only superficially.
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affect African countries more than any others.
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In beauty pageants in Nigeria, contestants who often won possessed
light skin, no matter what the pageant's purpose.
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light skin or dark skin, depending on the pageant's purpose and venue.
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no consistent patterns in skin color.
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tanned skin.
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Fill in the blank: A common pattern with some exceptions is that lighter skinned men and women have __________ of educational attainment.
the same level
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a lesser level
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a higher level
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None of the above
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A social dynamic in Black, Asian, and Latinx communities that differentiates and ranks by skin color is called a
global color hierarchy.
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pigmentocracy.
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color-coded society.
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skin color ranking.
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A person that only dates light skin people because he or she considers them more beautiful is engaging in colorism.
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A person classified as a mulatto is a mixed-raced person of white and Asian descent.
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There is evidence that light skin is connected to material rewards.
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Colorism is a rather modern concept.
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