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"Racisms" Self-Quiz
Kwame Anthony Appiah
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For Appiah, affirmative action is _________ the exclusion of black people from institutions.
no different from
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worse than
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not as bad as, but equally as unjustified as,
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importantly different from
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What does Appiah mean by racialism?
The view that the racial essences of races entail certain morally relevant qualities
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The view that there are heritable characteristics possessed by certain people that allows us to categorize them by race
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The view that each race has a different moral status, independent of its racial essence
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The deformation of rationality in judgment that characterizes those whose racism is more than theoretical attachment
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What does Appiah mean by extrinsic racism?
The view that the racial essences of races entail certain morally relevant qualities
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The view that there are heritable characteristics possessed by certain people that allow us to categorize them by race
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incorrect
The view that each race has a different moral status, independent of its racial essence
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The deformation of rationality in judgment that characterizes those whose racism is more than theoretical attachment
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incorrect
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What does Appiah mean by intrinsic racism?
The view that the racial essences of races entail certain morally relevant qualities
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The view that there are heritable characteristics possessed by certain people that allow us to categorize them by race
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incorrect
The view that each race has a different moral status, independent of its racial essence
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The deformation of rationality in judgment that characterizes those whose racism is more than theoretical attachment
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Racism, for Appiah, is a/an __________.
ideology
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theory
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hypothesis
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none of the above
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Appiah suggests that there are many accusations of racism in our society, but little attempt to define or understand exactly what racism is.
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Racialism is itself a dangerous doctrine, according to Appiah.
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If one is extrinsically racist, Appiah holds, counterevidence wont undermine ones racist beliefs.
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FALSE
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