Question 1

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Religious racialization
B)   Scientific racialization .
C)   Imperialist racialization
D)   Political racialization
E)   Class-based racialization B

Question 2

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?

Accepted Answer

A)   Religious racialization .
B)   Scientific racism
C)   Imperialist racialization
D)   Ethnicity-based racialization
E)   None of the above. A

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Racial formation theory argues that the economy is key to understanding race relations in the U.S.
B)   Racial formation theory suggests that ethnicity is the key form of race in the U.S.
C)   Racial formation theory suggests that white nationalism is central to understanding class and gender issues in the U.S.
D)   Racial formation theory suggests that race is a master category that shapes the history, politics, economics, and culture of the U.S. .
E)   Racial formation theory suggests that cultural inclusion/exclusion, combined with the unequal distribution of resources, shapes race in the U.S. D

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Racial democracy
B)   Racial fascism
C)   Racial despotism .
D)   Race war
E)   Racial socialism

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)   State legislators passing immigration laws.
B)   A hospital worker assuming that a Latino patient can't speak English .
C)   Blacks demonstrating against the verdicts passed down on the Rodney King, George Zimmerman, or the Jenna Six cases.
D)   White labor unions picketing meatpacking plants for hiring cheap immigrant labor.
E)   "Stop and frisk" laws passed to encourage stopping non-white who might be suspicious of holding drugs.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)   White
B)   Hispanic/Latino .
C)   Black
D)   Native American
E)   Asian

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Civil Rights Movement
B)   World War II
C)   Industrial Revolution
D)   American Civil War
E)   Conquest and colonization of America .

Question 8

Omi and Winant argue that race…

Accepted Answer

A)   Is a clear biological distinction between human groups.
B)   Is largely a proxy for class and ethnicity issues in the U.S.
C)   Is a socially constructed illusion with no real meaning.
D)   Is a concept that signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies .
E)   Is a human instinct to prefer "one's own kind."

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)   The importance of ethnicity in America.
B)   The efficiency of the government to better define race with new mixed-race identities.
C)   The problems with bureaucracy in America.
D)   The issue of using race to explain class-based issues.
E)   The political dimensions of state assignment of racial identity .

Question 10

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…

Accepted Answer

A)   Ignorance about Marcus's education.
B)   How racial projects can shape everyday interactions .
C)   An individually racist and stereotypical act.
D)   Disrespectful and Joe should be fired for racial prejudice.
E)   How racialization does not apply in everyday life.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Provide a clear indicator of population assimilation and homogeneity.
B)   Foster the creation of standard racial and ethnic data for use by federal agencies .
C)   Provide statistical evidence for increasing affirmative action programs in private businesses.
D)   Provide administrative evidence to who will vote for whom in the next elections.
E)   Assess the growth in mixed-race groups in the U.S. since the 1960s.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Racial democracy
B)   Racial fascism
C)   Racial hegemony .
D)   Racial harmony
E)   Racial socialism

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)   White
B)   Hispanic/Latino
C)   Black .
D)   Native American
E)   Asian

Question 14

Racial projects

Accepted Answer

A)   Link the meanings of race to the structural uses and individual experiences of race .
B)   Are only macro-level events that solidify racial meaning in the U.S.
C)   Are always racist in their intent.
D)   Do not include resisting racial definitions and uses of racial terms.
E)   Mainly consist of physical art and music expressing racial uniqueness, like the Harlem Renaissance.

Question 15

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…

Accepted Answer

A)   Collective action.
B)   White dominance.
C)   Racial projects .
D)   Racialization.
E)   Racial reactions.

Question 16

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…

Accepted Answer

A)   Ethnocentricism
B)   Racial resentment
C)   Racial politics .
D)   Racial resistance
E)   Racial democracy

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Racialization through natural selection.
B)   Racialization through nativity.
C)   Racialization through science .
D)   Racialization through religion.
E)   Racialization through economic division.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Scientific racism .
B)   Ethnicity-based paradigm
C)   Racial formation theory
D)   Religious racialization
E)   Colorblind ideology

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

A)   Class discrimination
B)   Xenophobia
C)   State-based racialization .
D)   Good law enforcement
E)   Neoconservatism

Exam 4: The Theory of Racial Formation