Ethnic Studies
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Ethnic Studies explores the histories, experiences, cultures, and contributions of diverse racial and ethnic groups, with a focus on understanding systemic inequalities, power dynamics, identity formation, and social justice efforts. Through interdisciplinary analysis, students examine topics such as migration, colonization, resistance, intersectionality, and representation in society. The course encourages critical thinking and self-reflection, fostering an appreciation of diversity and the impact of race and ethnicity on individuals and communities both historically and in contemporary contexts.
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Race in America 1st Edition by Matthew Desmond
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Chapter 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) While many people assume that "obvious physical differences" explain racial categories,this logic fails to appreciate:
A)that classificatory schemes are not rigidly linked to skin tones
B)physical traits vary enormously among those who are classified as the same race
C)classification schemes vary widely,both historically and across national boundaries
D)all of these
Answer: D
Q2) In an attempt to resist stigma,some people of color,especially new immigrants,may highlight their ethnicity and resist American _________________.
A)racial categories
B)state classification
C)tribal categories
D)cultural categories
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Invention of Race
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Q1) Who were the first group to colonize the Americas?
A)Spaniards
B)British
C)French
D)Dutch
Answer: A
Q2) In what year was Hawaii's sovereignty finally dissolved when the American military overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy and annexed the islands?
A)1778
B)1893
C)1934
D)1992
Answer: B
Q3) Briefly explain one of the four ways by which Eastern European immigrants came to be categorized as white.
Answer: Answers will vary and should include discussion of one of the following: the development of "ethnicity" as a concept;the rise of labor unions,which allowed new immigrants to mobilize as whites;new immigrants lashing out against other groups,especially blacks;and racial segregation.
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Chapter 3: Politics
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Q1) Schools in Yazoo City,Mississippi,dedicated $245 per white child for educational expenses and only $3 per black child in the late 1950s,illustrating what?
A)White students were more needy than black students.
B)Separate schools were anything but equal.
C)There were higher expectations among white parents.
D)Both races had equal access to education.
Answer: B
Q2) When George Wallace,Democratic governor of Alabama,stood in 1963 on the steps of the University of Alabama to block the entrance of two black students to the all-white university,he taught politicians two strategic lessons.The first was that politicians who opposed racial justice could garner great support from white voters.What was the second?
A)Integration will never garner widespread approval.
B)Catering to women voters is key to success.
C)Politicians can support white supremacy as long as they do not do so explicitly.
D)Electoral politics relies on bipartisan cooperation,especially regarding racial policies. Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Economics
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Q1) According to social scientists,what is one result of affirmative action?
A)Most women and blacks feel that affirmative action has played a major role in their employment opportunities.
B)The self-esteem of women and people of color has been impacted negatively,especially with regard to self-efficacy at work.
C)Most women and people of color feel that their coworkers doubt their abilities because of affirmative action.
D)People hired through affirmative action policies do just as well as those not hired through affirmative action policies.
Q2) In a June 2015 news clip,media commentator Bill O'Reilly said Americans needed to "get ready for the underclass." According to sociologists,what is wrong with using the term "underclass" to refer to people in poverty?
A)Liberal politicians use the term to criticize poor conservative whites.
B)It overemphasizes the role of education in economic outcomes.
C)The term is almost always used to refer to poor,uneducated rural whites.
D)It implies that a group should be kept low and ostracized from the rest of society.
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Chapter 5: Housing
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Q1) A settlement located near agricultural fields consisting of dilapidated shacks,low-cost housing,and inhabited primarily by U.S.citizens and migrant farm workers is an example of a:
A)colonia
B)bracero
C)barrio
D)reservation
Q2) What are two purposes that ethnic enclaves serve for immigrants?
Q3) Which of the following directly contributed to white flight out of urban centers and into the suburbs?
A)industrialization
B)the Civil Rights Movement
C)federal government loan programs
D)the Great Depression
Q4) What does Chapter 5 identify as a "new tactic of white fight?"
A)flying the Confederate flag
B)moving into renewed urban centers
C)creating new sundown towns
D)passing English-only ordinances
Q5) Explain two consequences of residential segregation,as identified in Chapter 5.
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Chapter 6: Crime and Punishment
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Q1) Jasper,a young black man in Chicago,gets by as a low-level drug dealer.Given studies cited in the textbook,what can we likely conclude about his income and hours worked doing so?
A)Jasper probably makes close-to or less-than minimum wage,with hours that add up to only part-time work.
B)Jasper works overtime compared to the traditional workweek and makes a lucrative living,pulling in a couple of thousand dollars a week.
C)Jasper is "killing it" by working only a few hours a week but making money that adds up to a six-figure yearly salary.
D)Jasper works for a well-structured organized gang that pays him a salary through the ranks of their leadership for the work he does,meaning he makes the same amount no matter what hours he works.
Q2) Although most people associate the underground or informal economy with drug dealing,sociologists like Sudhir Venkatesh have shown it includes much more than that.List two examples,aside from drug dealing,that could comprise the underground economy.
Q3) In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) What was the primary objective of cultural reeducation of American Indians?
A)educate them on the cultural practices of their ancestors
B)expose them to a variety of social norms and values
C)force them to assimilate into Anglo-American society and culture
D)provide them space to explore their own needs and desires
Q2) In most U.S.public universities,the fact that Muslim students are required to attend classes during Ramadan is an example of what?
A)privileging of certain groups' history,culture,and needs over others'
B)commitment to equity in higher education
C)the separation of church and state
D)growth of an oppositional culture
Q3) Explain the concept of a "model minority."
Q4) Textbook writers describing the penning of the Declaration of Independence without acknowledging the influence of the governance of the Iroquois Nation is one example of what?
A)racial domination
B)segregated education
C)multicultural curricula
D)historic distortion
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Chapter 8: Aesthetics
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Q1) An increase in double-eyelid surgeries by Asian Americans is an example of an outcome from the internalization of what?
A)the racist aesthetic
B)the nonracist aesthetic
C)the white aesthetic
D)cultural appropriation
Q2) Audience conduct that is "orderly,regulated,learned,prosperous,and civilized" is characteristic of:
A)highbrow culture
B)cultural capital
C)lowbrow culture
D)cultural appropriation
Q3) Treating whiteness as the universal default category is an example of what?
A)the white aesthetic
B)the racist aesthetic
C)the antiracist aesthetic
D)strategic amnesia
Q4) In addition to misrepresenting people of color,what are three ways that the racist aesthetic misrepresents racial domination? Give one example of each type of misrepresentation.
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Chapter 9: Associations
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Q1) Describe three ways Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X were similar in their views and leadership styles.How did they contrast to Martin Luther King,Jr.?
Q2) According to the textbook,which of the following is the most accurate statement about "political correctness"?
A)It discourages free thought and honest debate,forbidding you to say what is truly on your mind.
B)It is designed to minimize offense to marginalized groups,censoring certain speech deemed off-limits.
C)It is a political tool of both conservative and liberal media commentators in the United States.
D)It encourages tyranny with manners,making people honestly afraid of speaking their minds for fear of being labeled "racist."
Q3) Homophily:
A)is a matter of pushing "enemies" away
B)is a matter of pulling friends in
C)applies to race and ethnicity but not to religion
D)contributes to social decapitalization
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Chapter 10: Intimate Life
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Q1) Couples who are dissimilar from one another may have a lower probability of staying married;black couples show greater spousal dissimilarity than nonblack couples.One reason for this may be that:
A)the relatively small size of the marriage pool for blacks limits choices for potential mates,increasing the chance of incompatibility
B)the pattern of behaviors among black men across society makes them less adaptable,causing incompatibilities with most spouses,regardless of race
C)the adage "opposites attract" creates a sense of adventure for some couples that disappears over time,and black couples are more likely to marry earlier,before that sense of adventure ends
D)blacks have similar understandings of gender role expectations within the relationship but diverging understandings of how couples express love
Q2) Why do Hispanic men have a relative advantage when it comes to the labor market and marriage as compared to black men?
Q3) Discuss some of the legacies for black families of the destructive practices wrought on them during slavery.Include at least two specific examples mentioned in the text in your answer.
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Chapter 11: Toward Racial Democracy
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Q1) To move toward racial democracy and take into account the realities of race privilege means that:
A)we have moved beyond discussing color-blindness as an ideal and cemented the realities of color-blindness in the way that society is structured
B)we must abandon any commitment to the ideals of color-blindness and the diversity of multiculturalism
C)we must begin with people's actual experiences with other people and social institutions,where racial injustices are a reality
D)we resolve to cut through the tensions of racial avoidance by confronting the limits of people's experiences with color-blindness
Q2) Explain why addressing only the prejudices held by individuals allows institutional and structural racism to persist in society.
Q3) A metaphor for the multicultural framework that the textbook mentions is:
A)a salad bowl
B)a jar of mixed nuts
C)a mosaic
D)a graffiti mural
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