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Why Race is Important MCQ

1. ______ are injustices that are forced upon people.

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Correct Answer: External inequalities

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2. Stereotypes are understood to be ______.

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Correct Answer: Negative generalizations about a group of people that are believed regardless of evidence

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3. One effect of the Immigration Act of 1924 was to ______

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Correct Answer: Exclude immigration from Asia

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4. Many "colorblind" ways of thinking have led to racism evasiveness, which refers to ______.

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Correct Answer: Avoiding the issues of racism

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5. What statement best describes the relationship between prejudice, discrimination, and stereotypes?

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Correct Answer: Stereotypes can lead to prejudice, and prejudice can lead to discrimination.

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6. What practice was prohibited by the Fair Housing Act of 1968?

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Correct Answer: “Redlining” neighborhoods

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7. ______ is the ethnic or racial subordination and exploitation of another group’s resources.

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Correct Answer: Internal colonialism

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8. Which statement best describes the theme of abstract liberalism in relation to the colorblind perspective on race?

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Correct Answer: Abstract liberalism is when a person agrees with the idea that all people should be equal, but he or she opposes policies to achieve equality.

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9. Which scenario is an example of ethnocentrism?

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Correct Answer: A country closing its borders to refugees

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10. People used to believe that a person’s race was based on ______, but it is now recognized as a social construct.

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Correct Answer: Genetic differences

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11. A state has just voted to raise funds for school districts by instituting a property tax. This tax is based on property values. As a result, schools in wealthier areas receive more money. These schools tend to be predominantly White. Which of the following best describes this phenomenon?

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Correct Answer: Institutional discrimination

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12. Silvia is waiting to have her order taken at a fast food restaurant. Although she is behind a family from Asia, the clerk begins to take her order first. This is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Microaggression

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13. What is a primary reason why few people of color are elected to political office?

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Correct Answer: Racial gerrymandering

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14. Which is an example of an ethnic group?

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Correct Answer: Koreans

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15. What is an example of how the U.S. Constitution supported the institution of slavery?

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Correct Answer: Three-Fifths Compromise

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16. Treated slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in the House of Representatives and taxation is known as Three-Fifths Compromise.

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Correct Answer: True

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17. Ignoring issues of racism is called Racism Evasivness.

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Correct Answer: True

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18. Belief in the superiority of one or more racial groups that creates and maintains a racial hierarchy is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Racism

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19. A group of people perceived to be distinct on the basis of physical appearance is called ____.

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Correct Answer: Race

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20. Irrational feelings toward members of a particular group is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Prejudice

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21. Everyday slights aimed, intentionally or unintentionally, at racial and ethnic minority groups is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Microaggressions

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22. Results from one ethnic or racial group (White Americans) subordinating and exploiting the resources of other racial and ethnic groups is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Internal colonialism

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23. Happens as a result of how institutions operate is called institutional discrimination.

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Correct Answer: True

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24. Abolished national quotes, replacing them with quotas for the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, and aimed to increase immigration and alter the racial makeup of the United States is stated in _____.

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Correct Answer: Immigration Act of 1965

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25. Established 2 percent immigration quotas per nation, on the basis of the 1890 U.S. census because Southern and Eastern Europeans were considered “less than White” at the time is stated in _____.

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Correct Answer: Immigration Act of 1924

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26. Hayes-Tilden compromise is between presidential candidates of 1877 is based on a _____.

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Correct Answer: Compromise

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27. Gentlemen’s Agreement of 1907 describes halted _____ immigration.

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Correct Answer: Japanese

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28. The belief that one’s own culture is superior to others is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism

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29. Consists of those who share the same cultural heritage, including languages, nation or origin, and religion is called a _____.

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Correct Answer: Ethnic group

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30. Unfair treatment of groups of people is termed as _____.

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Correct Answer: Discrimination

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31. Color blind ideology explains that if e ignore race and racial issues,racism will not exist.

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Correct Answer: True

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32. Halted Chinese immigration is described in ____.

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Correct Answer: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1982

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