Introduction to African American Studies Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Introduction to African American Studies offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the historical, cultural, social, and political experiences of African Americans in the United States. The course examines the origins of the African diaspora, the impact of slavery, the struggle for civil rights, and the ongoing quest for social justice and equality. Through the study of literature, art, music, political movements, and sociological research, students will gain a deeper understanding of the contributions, challenges, and resilience of African American communities, as well as the enduring influence of African American culture on American society.
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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) Sometimes speakers invoke examples of individuals-say,Madame C.J.Walker,Oprah Winfrey,or Barack Obama-to suggest that if these individuals were able to triumph over racial barriers,the path is clear for everyone.What type of fallacy best describes such thinking?
A)fixed fallacy
B)legalistic fallacy
C)ahistorical fallacy
D)tokenistic fallacy
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a homogenizing heading?
A)Native American
B)Irish American
C)Korean American
D)Italian American
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Invention of Race
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Q1) Which group proved most influential in solidifying racial taxonomies?
A)Philosophers,precursors to modern-day public intellectuals
B)Natural historians,precursors to modern-day biologists
C)Political scribes,precursors to modern-day journalists
D)Solicitors,precursors to modern-day lawyers
Answer: B
Q2) Two methods by which white Americans attempted to solve the "Indian Problem" and acquire tribal land were:
A)homogenization and differentiation
B)assimilation and removal
C)legal and illegal
D)subtle and overt
Answer: B
Q3) Which mindset came to greatly influence how the English would come to view indigenous people in the Americas?
A)a Christian commitment to goodwill
B)an entrepreneurial spirit
C)a language system that long included words for race
D)the perception of the Irish as savages in need of correction
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Politics
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Q1) What do Emmett Till,Charlie Lang,Ernest Green,and Henry Bedford all have in common?
A)They all were involved the Democratic Party.
B)They all went to desegregated schools.
C)They all lobbied for the right to vote.
D)They were all victims of white terrorism.
Answer: D
Q2) List two reasons that the church served as an institutional hub for the Civil Rights Movement.
Answer: Answers will vary and should include two of the following: It housed a mass hub of blacks;it was isolated from whites and provided a safe space for blacks to voice grievances;and it was financially independent,so preachers had freedom of expression.
Q3) What was the social significance of Emmett Till's murder?
Answer: Answers will vary and should include the following: His murder galvanized and energized many Americans,black and white,to participate in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Chapter 4: Economics
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Q1) According to the textbook,Mexican immigrants who work in Nebraskan meatpacking plants primarily contend for jobs with:
A)semiskilled African Americans
B)immigrants from Somalia
C)poor whites
D)Native Americans
Q2) According to the textbook,many Americans oppose affirmative action on the grounds that it is "'reverse discrimination' or an affront to meritocracy." What are some reasons why it is ironic that some whites complain about blacks being given a "head start"?
Q3) In 2013,the unemployment rate for whites was 6.4 percent.What was the unemployment rate for blacks?
A)3.4 percent
B)6.7 percent
C)13.2 percent
D)20.5 percent
Q4) List the three common pathways through which immigrants adapt to American society,according to sociologists Alejandro Portes and Min Zhou,and provide an example of each.
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Chapter 5: Housing
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Q1) As of 2010,which racial/ethnic group had the biggest percentage of its members living in the suburbs?
A)blacks
B)Asians
C)whites
D)Hispanics
Q2) How do lack of housing assistance,stagnating incomes at the bottom of the wage distribution,and rising housing costs affect racial inequality?
Q3) Name and describe three legal methods that were used to prevent neighborhood integration and homeownership by nonwhites prior to the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
Q4) The U.S.government program that ran from 1942 through 1964 to recruit Mexican nationals and has been referred to as "legalized slavery" was called what?
A)the Temporary Worker program
B)the Bracero program
C)the Migrant Worker program
D)the Colonias program
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) "Structural disadvantage" refers to what?
A)the concentrated accumulation of overlapping and mutually reinforcing social problems in a single residential area
B)the genetic predisposition of African Americans to committing violent crime
C)the extent to which people of color are able to commit crimes without being brought to trial
D)the inability of whites to get away with committing violent crime,especially in predominantly white residential areas
Q2) What is one way that the "code of the street" is supported by mainstream corporations?
A)MTV was sued after its president was found drug dealing with underprivileged youth.
B)Designers like Louis Vuitton and Versace embrace the hip-hop styles,influences,and even musicians in their advertising and brand marketing.
C)The NFL suspended football player Ray Rice after video footage of him beating his fiancée on an elevator surfaced.
D)McDonald's came under scrutiny after providing toy guns in its Happy Meals.
Q3) In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) The textbook authors use the example that Latina/o teens are more likely than Anglo teens to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illustrate which concept?
A)defiant disorder
B)oppositional culture
C)involuntary minority
D)model minority
Q2) What usually happens to the very small number of qualified white and Asian applicants who are denied admission to a particular university due to affirmative action policies?
A)They are denied admission to most institutions to which they apply.
B)They are admitted to other institutions of equal stature.
C)They are unlikely to attend college.
D)They are more at risk for drug abuse and incarceration.
Q3) Explain the concept of a "model minority."
Q4) In what way does whiteness impact the field of anthropology?
A)Most anthropologists are white.
B)Only white students are interested in the subject.
C)Marginalized populations are treated as exotic objects of study.
D)Ethnography has been used as a method of governance and social control.
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Chapter 8: Aesthetics
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Q1) Identify two reasons that some prominent African Americans have called for a boycott of rap music.
Q2) How are regulations in many professional settings against traditional African American fashion such as Afros,dashikis,and brightly colored suits)connected to the historical development of race and class divisions between high- and lowbrow culture?
Q3) Elvis Presley's reputation as the "king of rock-and-roll" could be considered a result of:
A)lowbrow culture
B)antiracist aesthetic
C)strategic amnesia
D)racist aesthetic
Q4) Representations of Egyptian queen Cleopatra as a white woman by neoclassical American and European sculptors are an example of what?
A)whites dominating images of beauty
B)whites often being misrepresented and distorted in works of art by nonwhite artists
C)people of color not being considered authentic
D)a lack of knowledge by the sculptors
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Chapter 9: Associations
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Q1) What is "boundary work"?
A)the collection of practices by which families separate and integrate themselves into the communities around them
B)the formal associations,such as churches or social clubs,that defy racial divisions in society
C)the welcoming symbolic gestures in immigrant communities,for Spanish-speakers in particular
D)the collection of practices by which people maintain or challenge racial relations of exclusivity or inclusivity
Q2) Who helped to bring about the resurgence of black nationalism in the 1960s?
A)Marcus Garvey
B)Malcolm X
C)Thurgood Marshall
D)Martin Luther King,Jr.
Q3) What are the key demographic characteristics of the states with the highest percentages of white nationalists per 100,000 people?
Q4) Explain three ways race and ethnicity contribute to the "digital divide" regarding access to the Internet.
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Chapter 10: Intimate Life
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Q1) 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.
Q2) Alabama did not remove language from its state constitution prohibiting interracial marriage until 2000.Though not legally binding,the language operated as a powerful: A)precedent
B)symbol
C)fountainhead
D)gesture
Q3) Explain the statement made by Patricia Williams that as an African American of economic or political privilege,"You need two chairs at the table,one for you,one for your blackness."
Q4) Describe the patterns of interracial marriage rates since the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v.Virginia declared anti- miscegenation laws unconstitutional.
Q5) Explain how the high incidence of mothers giving birth out-of-wedlock while in poverty also means a relatively high level of out-of-wedlock births within the black and Hispanic communities.
Q6) What is "racial authenticity," and why is it important?
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Chapter 11: Toward Racial Democracy
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Q1) When a person chooses to look toward uncomfortable racial situations and encounters with openness and self-reflection,he or she is receptive to:
A)color-blindness
B)racial healing
C)accommodation
D)symbolic encounters
Q2) How can asking people questions about their racial perceptions open up a dialogue for potential growth at the level of interactions?
Q3) In the 1970s,Native American boarding schools reached peak enrollments.In these schools,which started in the late 1800s,efforts to "civilize" American Indians by prohibiting talk in native languages,replacing native names with Americanized versions,and mandating styles of dress and grooming commensurate with European-American beauty standards,were widely practiced.The assumptions of which model of racial integration were displayed in such schools?
A)the melting pot
B)assimilation
C)multiculturalism
D)cosmopolitanism
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