Deck 10: Intimate Life

Question 1

Black women are the least likely group in American society to marry.Some analysts even estimate rates as low as what?

A)One in two black women will marry in her lifetime.
B)One in three black women will marry in her lifetime.
C)One in four black women will marry in her lifetime.
D)One in five black women will marry in her lifetime.

Answer 1

B  

Question 2

During and after World War II,some social constraints and pressures toward conformity and adherence to the white middle- class norms were relaxed.Which of the following was an example from the textbook that demonstrates how events during World War II challenged American's ideas about race and families?

A)The Supreme Court ruled antimiscegenation laws unconstitutional in the case of Loving v.Virginia.
B)Black American soldiers during the war advocated for a "return to Africa" movement and uprooted their families upon returning to the United States.
C)Because gay soldiers during the war could not express their sexuality,they became more adversarial towards interracial unions as well.
D)Some straight soldiers of color,having dated white European women and experienced interracial relationships abroad that were forbidden in the United States,desired the same equality at home.

Answer 2

D  

Question 3

The process of immigration can be a great stressor for families coming to the United States.For example,in the United States,Hmong kinship networks of extended family relationships are limited as Hmong people are expected to adopt the nuclear family model.This pressure demonstrates that:

A)social service agencies are typically receptive to the culture of immigrant families
B)the definition of family is not the same across racial-ethnic groups,and the expectation to conform can take a toll on families
C)immigrants to the United States are mostly the same and can anticipate what changes to expect for their families in advance of migrating
D)the process of immigration,though stressful,does little to change the structure of families

Answer 3

B  

Question 4

Because in many cases a man who lived as a slave could not stop his master from beating his son or raping his daughter,fatherhood under slavery was denied in a way that:

A)reorganized fatherhood so that it was shared among black men under slavery in resistance to slaveholders
B)represented fatherhood as being undesirable for black men under slavery
C)all but completely eliminated the role of husband and father for most enslaved black men
D)triggered resistances and revolts amongst enslaved black men to object to the familial realities of slavery

Question 5

Data from a study of contemporary Internet online)dating showed that the group of women most likely to exclude men from their own racial category as potential mates was:

A)heterosexual black women
B)heterosexual white women
C)heterosexual Latina women
D)heterosexual Asian women

Question 6

According to sociologist Kenneth Clark,for some inner-city African American and Latina women,an out-of-wedlock birth is:

A)a mark of utter disgrace
B)an abdication of their chances of finding a husband
C)a symbol of their womanhood
D)a testament to their economic independence

Question 7

The practice known as a "Mississippi appendectomy" is best described by which of the following?

A)a forced sterilization performed on a poor black woman in the South as practice for medical residents at teaching hospitals
B)slave masters forcing black women to bear children for their future profitability
C)the division of plantations into family-run "share crops" in Mississippi
D)the common practice of castration of males that was a part of Jim Crow era lynchings in the South

Question 8

In the 1800s,immigration rates among Asian men to the West Coast were much higher than immigration rates among Asian women.Many Asian men remained single due in part to a combination of these differential rates of immigration and:

A)cultural aversion to marriage
B)expectations to marry upon returning to their country of origin
C)antimiscegenation laws criminalizing interracial marriage and sex
D)tax penalties for married Asian men

Question 9

Formalized legal restrictions against interracial marriages during the 1950s was a type of:

A)external sanction
B)informal rule
C)interpersonal dynamics
D)race construction

Question 10

Because of how out-of-wedlock birthrates are calculated,what would the impact be on out-of-wedlock birthrates if the number of children born to unmarried black women stayed the same but the number of children born to married black women increased?

A)Rates of out-of-wedlock births would remain the same.
B)Rates of out-of-wedlock births would increase.
C)Rates of out-of-wedlock births would decrease.
D)Rates of out-of-wedlock births would stop being calculated.

Question 11

When you hear a black man today saying that some black women are "too bossy," he may be unconsciously referring to:

A)the stereotype of the threat of black women's overt sexuality
B)the stereotype of the "black matriarch"
C)the stereotype of black women as "natural" leaders
D)the stereotype of the "black Jezebel"

Question 12

Andi,a twenty-three-year old white woman,hesitated to introduce her African American boyfriend to her parents,who are both white.All of her friends from college have already met her boyfriend.According to the textbook,what might this decision say about attitudes toward interracial dating?

A)African Americans are generally more accepting of interracial dating than whites are.
B)Younger people tend to be more accepting of interracial dating than older people are.
C)Women tend to be more accepting of interracial dating than men are.
D)People are less accepting of interracial dating now than they were in the 1990s.

Question 13

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

Question 14

According to the textbook,what is the relationship between societal attitudes about interracial marriage and raising the question,"What about the children?"

A)The question is important because there seems to be a great deal of evidence that biracial children have a harder time figuring out their racial identity than other people of color whose parents identify as the same race.
B)The question downplays the significance of interracial relationships that produce children but that do not result in marriages.
C)The question is important because people raise it frequently as a way to argue that the cultural acceptance of interracial relationships should be congruent with society's integration of multiracial individuals.
D)The question is often positioned as a rationalization for being opposed to interracial marriages and comes frequently as a way to package that disapproval without being forthright.

Question 15

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

Question 16

Which of the following is a reason that black marriages are twice as likely to end in divorce as whites?

A)Black men and women marry at much younger ages than men and women of any other ethnic group.
B)Black women have greater participation in the workforce than women of other ethnic groups.
C)Divorce is stigmatized in the white community more than it is in the black community.
D)High levels of poverty and high incarceration rates can strain marriages,causing conflicts over time.

Question 17

In 1930s America,economic pressures resulted in which of the following impacts for nonwhite families?

A)efforts to force repatriations of Mexicans and Mexican Americans to Mexico
B)high reproduction rates among American blacks to enhance profits under sharecropping
C)the mobilization of female laborers,including women of color,to boost the economy
D)an uptake in interracial marriages,especially between whites and Asian Americans

Question 18

White slave masters forcing black women to bear children for potential profit prior to the Civil War and forced sterilizations of black women in the 1970s are different examples of the same phenomenon,which is best described as:

A)transforming black families into "reproductive units"
B)antimiscegenation
C)white control of black female sexuality
D)a gradual relinquishment of control by whites over the black family

Question 19

A cultural legacy of devaluing black women's beauty,external control of black women's sexuality,and the historical impact of patterns of mating and family formation between black men and women are possible explanations for which of the following contemporary trends?

A)biracial adults who have one black and one white parent)who have a hard time coming to terms with their racial makeup
B)the relative lack of eligible black men for black women to create families with due to the high rates of incarceration of black men
C)the preference for people of all races to date and marry within their own racial or ethnic group
D)exclusion of black women as potential mates as compared to white,Latina,and Asian women)on Internet dating sites

Question 20

Because many American Indians are married to non-American Indians,they often find themselves looking through the cultural lens of their partners and expanding their perspective.This type of emotional work is called:

A)cultural labor
B)symbolic interaction
C)acculturation
D)the second shift

Question 21

When a native-born,third-generation Chinese American woman encounters repeated interactions with others where she is asked,"Where are you originally from?," what aspects of her identity are being highlighted?

A)the way that her gender and presumed Asian ancestry coincide
B)the way that the person making the inquiry is taking an interest in her Chinese ethnicity
C)the way that many native-born Asian American citizens remain in a position symbolically tied to an assumed immigrant status
D)the way her age overlaps with her presumed immigrant status

Question 22

When an Indian American father tells his teenage daughter to be chaste and traditional and not promiscuous and weak like white American women,he is alluding to the way in which:

A)racial identity is defined through certain sexual practices and performances
B)Indian Americans embrace American stereotypes about their culture
C)Indians identify as white rather than black when they come to the United States
D)Indian Americans think of Americans as monolithically white

Question 23

Which of the following did Edward Morris find in his ethnography of white students in a majority black school in Texas?

A)The white students were adamant about distinguishing themselves from their black peers.
B)The white students used the term "white" to insult one another for personality traits such as being nerdy.
C)Though some white students tried to pass as nonwhite,it was still relatively easy for Morris to identity them as white.
D)When white students symbolically identified and attempted to pass as nonwhite,they also lost their white privilege in interactions with teachers.

Question 24

A form of black communication style involves indirect questioning and acknowledgement of information.For example,Sharon offhandedly and jokingly comments about her sister Dee's weight gain rather than asking Dee outright if she is pregnant.This communication style is called:

A)dramaturgy
B)signifying
C)interjecting
D)reflexive dialoging

Question 25

A white woman is driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood and becomes frightened when she sees black people on the street corner waving and gesticulating at her.They are trying to signal to her that she is going the wrong way on a one way street,but she thinks they are threatening her.What dynamic does this example display best?

A)the challenge of understanding cultural norms during "mezzanine-level" social interactions
B)the importance of understanding one's own intersectional identity
C)the need for vigilant reflexivity when it comes to cross-racial communication
D)the inability of people to be reflexive about interpreting "back stage" behavior

Question 26

When people argue that race is marked,or socially constructed,what are they referring to?

A)the way that race "imposes itself on you" through America's racial taxonomy
B)the way that race is created through a combination of internal and external forces,asserted both from outside groups and from within specific cultures
C)the way that certain races are socially and symbolically marked as different or inferior
D)the way that race is created through performances such as gestures,interactions,and cultural activities

Question 27

The "cool pose" of many young black men;the overt sexism and machismo of some Latino young men;and the in-your-face sexual bravado of some young white fraternity brothers are all examples of:

A)the problem of testosterone in the maturation of young men
B)the ways in which performances of masculinity vary by race
C)the legitimacy of an American culture of overt masculinity
D)the economic costs at stake when men act out masculinity in a variety of ways

Question 28

The "ghetto pass" in Ice Cube's song "True to the Game" is:

A)a way of signaling that one is both black and rich
B)a way of acting out against others that elevates someone to an "untouchable" status
C)an education that gives someone skills to leave the ghetto and attain a prosperous life
D)an implied right to authentic blackness that can be taken away if one acts outside of race norms

Question 29

Because of many factors-including,but not limited to,the history of male and female roles under slavery and the interaction patterns between men and women in families-black men and women tend to differ in their views of gender roles and expectations.In terms of the meaning of race and/or gender in understanding this difference,we might say that:

A)to fully appreciate the nuance of these differences,we have to take into account both gendered and racial aspects of identity
B)intersecting dynamics of identity are limited to combinations of gender and race
C)the socially constructed nature of race holds greater historical traction in the explanation of this dynamic than the socially constructed nature of gender
D)because of the way gender roles in families are collectively understood in society even when people have different expectations in their own families,it is difficult to meet those expectations

Question 30

One claim about the phenomenon referred to as the "new black nativism," a practice of limiting entry into the legitimate ranks of being black in America primarily to those descendent from American slavery,is:

A)that it dilutes the memory of historical African- and Caribbean-born leaders of the black community for example,Marcus Garvey)
B)that in highlighting the importance of lineage in American slavery,it has positively impacted the way that race and ethnicity are distinguished for example,the difference between being "African American" and "black")
C)that it is responsible for a tendency to define blackness in mostly negative terms for example,as opposed to being white)
D)that it requires us to think about whether we need to rethink the legitimacy of labeling President Obama the first "black" president

Question 31

Noting that being from the inner-city,the suburbs,or a rural area is acknowledging the importance of ________________ as a part of individual identity.

A)self-awareness
B)physicality
C)geography
D)modality

Question 32

When sociologist Heather Dalmage,a white woman married to a black man,writes that "I no longer take white privilege for granted" because of her experiences,she is specifically referencing:

A)how her husband has been able to access "white privilege" since their marriage
B)how her social network and friends stigmatize her relationship
C)her experience of being victimized by interpersonal and institutional racism
D)her own prejudices about social life

Question 33

Which of the following is an accurate explanation for why homosexuality is viewed by some African Americans as a predominantly "white" phenomenon?

A)because statistically fewer blacks are homosexual than whites
B)because the history of homosexuality overlaps with colonial exploitation of blacks by whites
C)because Euro-Americans have systematically sought to create a historical stereotype of black homosexuality that contemporary African Americans reject
D)because the social construction of black sexuality precludes the possibility of homosexuality

Question 34

A beauty product marketed to Asian American women with the intent of "lightening" their skin represents:

A)the racialization of Asian femininity toward white standards
B)the expanding array of accepted standards for cultural beauty in American society
C)the normalization of cosmetics for Asian Americans
D)a radical shift in beauty norms for Asian Americans compared to a decade ago

Question 35

According to sociologist Anne Rawls,whites and blacks may occupy the same geographic space,but not the same ________________ space.

A)dynamic
B)socio-racial
C)interactional
D)community

Question 36

Sheila is a black executive at a company that is almost entirely all-white.She jokes with her mother that when she goes to work she "checks her blackness at the door." Erving Goffman might say that at work she is her _________ self.

A)front stage
B)misrepresented
C)back stage
D)center stage

Question 37

Why have some historians labeled the black family under slavery a "reproductive unit"?

Question 38

When an adolescent takes on a nonwhite symbolic identity that is not recognized as authentic by all of his or her peers,the adolescent may:

A)be able to easily traverse the boundaries of being white in some situations and nonwhite in other situations
B)be criticized by whites and nonwhites alike and have a hard time integrating with peers in general
C)have a more fluid identity than people in previous generations who tried to pass as white
D)have perfected the dynamic of code-switching between front and back stage behaviors

Question 39

When we say that interactions operate at the "mezzanine level of social structure," what does that mean?

A)Arrangements of social performances are happening between the front stage and the back stage.
B)The authenticity of interactions cannot be evaluated because they are shaped by social structure.
C)Social interactions are superficial and do not fulfill the psychological needs of society's members.
D)Interactions between people and the styles of interactions others observe of people in groups are patterned,reflect social structure,and are sometimes generalized into racial assumptions.

Question 40

When people examine the overlap of their own intersecting identities,they may be likely to overlook the impact of their privileged identities,as described in which of the following examples?

A)an upper-middle-class black woman who minimizes the role of her economic position
B)a working-class Russian Jewish immigrant who minimizes the role of his religion
C)an upper-middle-class black executive who minimizes the role of his race
D)a middle-class white suburban housewife who minimizes the role gender plays in her day-to-day interactions with her spouse

Question 41

Why do Hispanic men have a relative advantage when it comes to the labor market and marriage as compared to black men?

Question 42

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.

Question 43

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."

Question 44

How can the communication styles of blacks and whites cause misunderstandings,frustrations,and hostilities between groups?

Question 45

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.

Question 46

Explain how gays and lesbians of color may be susceptible to suffering from a "double rejection."

Question 47

Describe the patterns of interracial marriage rates since the 1967 Supreme Court case Loving v.Virginia declared anti- miscegenation laws unconstitutional.

Question 48

What is "racial authenticity," and why is it important?

Question 49

Even though we know that identity is complex and comprised of many different facets,we often select those things that cause us the most disadvantage to recognize and discuss;why is this? Provide an example from your own life to support your answer.

Question 50

Explain why marriage rates for black women are the lowest for any group in American society.