Exam 4: The Theory of Racial Formation

In recent years, scientists like Geneticist Neil Risch have legitimated the use of race as a category of human variation in genomic and biomedical research. Omi and Winant suggest that this is an example of what type of racialization in American history?

When European settlers suggested that indigenous people were "savage" and "ungodly" to separate and classify them as a different race from them, they were using what form of racialization in American history?

How is racial formation theory different from ethnicity-, class- and nation-based paradigms in explaining race relations?

Much of racial politics in the United States can be historically characterized as representing a form of

The following are examples of macro-level racial projects except for…

Based on the U.S. Census in 2000 and 2010, there is only one ethnicity. Which of the following groups is it?

Omi and Winant identify the first racial project in the U.S. as which of the following events?

Omi and Winant argue that race…

For decades, the U.S. Census has defined and redefined the categories of race for each decennial census. Omi and Winant suggest that each change by the Census and every challenge to the categorizations by various racial groups is an example of

Joe, a white business executive, sits in on a teleconference in which Marcus, a black business executive, gives a presentation about computer technology in shipping. Afterwards, Marcus mentions that he is an African American and Joe says, "Funny, you didn't sound black." Based on Omi and Winant's racial formation theory, we can interpret Joe's comment as…

Racial categories in the U.S. Census defined and adopted by Statistical Directive 15 in 1977 intended to serve which objective?

The current racial ideology of "colorblindness" can be understood as a form of…

Which of the following racial categories used in the U.S. Census continues to be defined using an explicit racial designator?

Racial projects

The imposition of restrictive state voting rights laws, organizing for worker's rights for immigrant labor, or organizing campaigns challenging the mass incarceration of non-whites in the U.S., are all examples of…

Laws that define who is "free" and "unfree," who can be a naturalized citizen, and who one can marry based on race are all examples of…

DNA testing has increasingly been used by individuals and groups to claim Native American tribal membership. This is an example of…

What racial ideology and practice provided justification for subordination and elimination of various non-white races in the early 1900s?

In recent years, some new state immigration laws have encouraged enforcement officers to be suspicious of Latinos or Hispanics as illegal immigrants and have required them to ask for proof of citizenship when doing return traffic stops. This example of what is often called "racial profiling" would be explained by racial formation theory as