Deck 3: Nation

Question 1

A major dimension of the nation-based paradigm of race is that

A) It overemphasizes the importance of revolutionary nationalism.
B) It pays no attention to class and gender as important factors in nation-building.
C) It overemphasizes class and ethnicity as major factors in nation-building.
D) It relies heavily on global perspectives of nation-building.
E) It treats race as a manifestation of "peoplehood" or collective identity formation .

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Based on Omi and Winant's views of early nation-building in America, what key factor was responsible in determining who was "civilized" or "savage," "free" or "slave?"

A) Nationalism
B) Class
C) Race .
D) Gender
E) Ethnicity

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In the U.S.A., race has often been used to determine citizenship. Omi and Winant suggest that the result of this type of nation-building policy has…

A) Sparked nativist fears of white immigrant threats.
B) Fueled the acceptance of multiculturalism as the national norm.
C) Encouraged racial homogeneity through racial inclusion.
D) Made the U.S.A. a white supremacist country .
E) Created numerous opportunities for every immigrant group to succeed in America.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is an example of how race and gender intersected in nation-building in the United States?

A) High rates of mixed-race offspring.
B) Large strikes by whites to keep out non-white workers during the early 1900s.
C) Immigration and naturalization laws that disallowed Chinese citizenship.
D) Anti-miscegenation laws barring mixed-race relationships and offspring .
E) Policies that encouraged voting rights for women of color over white women.

Question 5

All of the following factors sparked insurgent nationalism among racial minorities in America except for…

A) Deindustrialization and outsourcing of jobs across America .
B) Anti-colonial struggles around the world after World War II.
C) A growth of collective identities among non-whites.
D) White nationalism.
E) The development of non-white cultural nationalism.

Question 6

Which of the following theories questioned the need for nation-building and national identities because of the growing spread of capitalism both in the U.S. and around the world?

A) Pan-Africanism
B) Classical Marxism .
C) Cultural nationalism
D) Internal colonialism
E) White nationalism

Question 7

Which of the following forms of insurgent nationalism attempted to address black oppression in America and unite blacks under one collective identity?

A) Internal colonialism
B) Classical Marxism
C) "Third-Worldism"
D) Pan-Africanism .
E) Democratic socialism

Question 8

Omi and Winant suggest that the problem with cultural nationalism as an insurgent nationalism was that

A) It created a sense of "peoplehood" for many non-white groups.
B) It supported integration into white nationalism.
C) Its cultural expressions were often detached from radical political action .
D) It never included Native Americans or Latinos.
E) It supported black separatism.

Question 9

Robert Blauner argued that African Americans are good examples of _________ because many were forcefully brought to America and exposed to racist policies even after being freed from slavery.

A) Class-based racism
B) Black nationalists
C) Immigrant or voluntary minorities
D) Colonized or coerced minorities .
E) The industrial working class.

Question 10

One of the problems with applying Blauner's internal colonialism approach to U.S. racial dynamics is that

A) It only explains discrimination against white immigrants in the 1900s.
B) It only explains discrimination against African Americans.
C) It cannot clearly explain the differences between coerced and voluntary migration .
D) It cannot explain all aspects of race and racism in American society.
E) It largely focuses on ethnicity as the key to internal colonialism.

Question 11

The celebration and promotion of black-owned book stores, the concept of "soul," dashikis, Aztec heritage, menudo, and fry bread are all products of what insurgent nationalism?

A) Pan-Africanism
B) Internal colonialism
C) Marxism
D) Black nationalism
E) Cultural nationalism .

Question 12

In its many varieties, insurgent nationalisms all

A) Dismiss race as an important variable in explaining collective identities.
B) Derive from a sense of "peoplehood" rooted in colonialism and slavery .
C) Question the existence of global connections among people of color.
D) Never question white nationalism.
E) Focus heavily on class-based arguments concerning racial discrimination.

Question 13

Omi and Winant argue that the nation-based paradigm of race remains valuable because it

A) Emphasizes the interactions between race, gender, and class in American society.
B) Highlights the formation of collective identities or "peoplehood" .
C) Adds to the discussion on the rise of collective resistances to racism in America.
D) Underlines that race continues to be an essential element in the nation-building process in America.
E) Helps us understand how class and nationalism are more important than race and racism.

Question 14

Insurgent nationalism in the 1960s U.S.A. was

A) A build-up of non-white resistance to American and global racial politics .
B) A by-product of the "Red Scare."
C) A resistance to inclusion into white American culture by whites.
D) A growth of terrorism in America after 9/11.
E) An assault on non-whites by white supremacists to end integration efforts.