Exam 1: Core Concepts and Foundations

The impact of the rhetoric of racial democracy and Cuban nationalism has been that

Sue explains that the U.S. education system is struggling to adapt to the changing nature of America's classrooms. Describe what she means by this. In your answer be sure to describe what the changing nature of America's classrooms is as well as what the obstacles public schools face in adapting to these changes.

Why is it important to make a distinction between race and ethnicity?

What are the positive and negative aspects of assimilation? Does every racial and ethnic group have equal opportunities to assimilate? If not, why?

Which of the following is a true statement about the demographic makeup of U.S. public schools?

Suzy Killmister posits a typology for understanding how group membership matters. What is the model that identifies the interest members have in group membership in universal terms?

Which of the following terms is used to describe citizenship, membership in a specific politically delineated territory controlled by a government?

Which group is the most ostracized in the U.S., according to Michele Lamont's research?

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the current social climate in France?

What does Bonilla-Silva describe as "racism with a smile"?

Are there parallels between the racialization of Kurdish identity in Turkey and the racialization of ethnic groups in the U.S.? Share a specific example of an ethnic group becoming racialized in the U.S.

What are the parallels between how the United States and France "other" certain groups? How does the historical context of these countries impact this othering process?

Suzy Killmister posits a typology for understanding how group membership matters. Which of the models is concerned with goods that gain their meaning through being shared by the social group?

Omi and Winant state that the case of Susie Guillory Phipps is "a parable of America's unsolved racial dilemma." Explain what they mean by this. In your answer be sure to describe the Phipps case and the importance of it.

Clealand finds that blacks in Cuba still feel a sense of solidarity and some display a strong sense of racial consciousness. Explain why this is remarkable given the historical context that Clealand describes.

Why do you think our society promotes the idea that we live in a postracial era? Who benefits when we frame our society as one in which racism is no longer an issue?

Which term describes "the way social positions, social roles, and networks of social relationships are arranged in our institutions?"

Which of the following is a true statement about the impact of the shift in the U.S. away from low-skilled workers?

Which of the following is NOT one of the fallacies about racism?

In their research, Embrick and Henricks explore the question "In what ways are epithets and stereotypes racially unequal?" What do they find? What do you think of their findings? Do you agree or disagree with the idea that epithets and stereotypes are racially unequal? Why?