Question 1

Ignoring the heterosexism that underpins Black patriarchy hinders the development of_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  conservative political campaigns 
B)  progressive political parties 
C)  a progressive Black sexual politics 
D)  patriarchy itself

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true about the racial wealth gap?

Accepted Answer

A)  Although there used to be a large wealth gap between White and Black Americans, the size of that gap is now shrinking. 
B)  Because wealth is composed of many different asset types, it is impossible to accurately measure the size of a racial wealth gap. 
C)  Policies that protect existing wealth are race-neutral and do not provide advantages for any particular racial group. 
D)  The typical Black family today has less than a dime of wealth for every dollar of wealth owned by a typical White family.

Question 3

Current population projections suggest that racial minorities will be a numeric majority in the United States by ______.

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A)  2020 
B)  2050 
C)  2080 
D)  The U.S. population is projected to remain majority White for the foreseeable future.

Question 4

Biologists argue that human races_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  have different DNA 
B)  cannot interbreed 
C)  scientifically cannot exist 
D)  were once biologically determined but are now weakened by intermarriage

Question 5

What do Omi and Winant mean by racial formation ? What role does the law play in such a process?

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Question 6

Masculinity is_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  toughness 
B)  strength 
C)  violent 
D)  a contested term

Question 7

Feagin reports that polls show that while the vast majority of Black Americans report experiencing racial discrimination, the majority of White Americans did not think anti-Black discrimination was either widespread or a serious problem. Why might Black and White Americans have such different views of racial discrimination?

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Question 8

What effect does the media's portrayal of the poor have on the poor, middle class, and wealthy?

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Question 9

During 1892-1900, the ideas of heterosexual and homosexual were initially formulated by_____.

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A)  U.S. doctors 
B)  British monarchs 
C)  religious authorities 
D)  newspaper journalists

Question 10

Armstrong et al. argue that slut discourse creates sexual privilege for high-status women. This means that_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  high-status women are more likely to form long-term romantic relationships while in college 
B)  men are more likely to desire sexual relationships with high-status women 
C)  low-status women do not apply the slut label to high-status women 
D)  casual sexual activity poses little reputational risk for affluent women who can maintain a classy image

Question 11

In color-blind thinking, race is reduced to_____.

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A)  cultural symbols 
B)  products for sale 
C)  differences in style 
D)  structural inequalities

Question 12

Colonial regimes routinely manipulated ideas about_____in order to maintain unjust power relations.

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A)  race 
B)  sexuality 
C)  gender 
D)  democracy

Question 13

What is "symbolic ethnicity"?

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Question 14

Omi and Winant describe "neoconservative" and "liberal" arguments about public policy to illustrate that_____.

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A)  racial projects are mere matters of rhetoric and have no bearing on people's lived experience 
B)  racial projects exist in a definite historical context and are descended from earlier conflicts about race 
C)  racial projects represent stable and unchanging partisan views that are disconnected from the evolving realities of race 
D)  mainstream political debate is the only place that racial projects take place

Question 15

How might a divided opportunity structure and the insecurity caused by a racial wealth gap result in circumstances and actions that are easily misinterpreted as individual weakness, rather than as the toxic effects of structural inequality?

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Question 16

Describe the "performance" that Black women must go through in order to work in a corporate setting.

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Question 17

Describe the white supremacists' view of Jewish people. How does Ferber explain their perspective?

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Question 18

The boundaries established and maintained through slut discourse _________________ .

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A)  are temporary, as evidenced by their dissolution after students' second year 
B)  are socially effective, as evidenced by the fact that after students' second year there were no friendships crossing the line between high-status and low-status women 
C)  are socially meaningless, as evidenced by the fact that the slut stigma sometimes applied to women who were virgins 
D)  depend upon evaluations of women's sexuality by men who conform to the norms of hegemonic masculinity

Question 19

Cutting jobs to raise profits is a form of_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  violent and hegemonic masculinity 
B)  marginalized masculinity 
C)  subordinate masculinity 
D)  communism

Question 20

McIntosh believes race and sex are not the only advantaging systems at work. We need to similarly examine the daily experience of having other advantages such as_____.

Accepted Answer

A)  age, work, money, or experience 
B)  age, ethnicity, physical ability, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation 
C)  age, behavior, attitude, or privilege 
D)  beauty, wealth, and fame

Exam 2: Systems of Power and Inequality