Those who espouse a color-blind approach to understanding the world are __________ affirmative action policies.
A) less likely than others to support
B) more likely than others to support
C) instrumental in setting
D) equally as supportive as others of
In this postcivil rights era, Chris does not
believe that race matters in terms of determining one's life chances. He has a(n) __________ approach to understanding the world.
A) racial
B) racist
C) color-blind
D) ethnic
Hurricane Katrina left thousands of racial
minorities stranded in central city New Orleans without an adequate evacuation plan or emergency response. This social disaster highlights __________.
A) the problematic dilemma of racial formation
B) multiculturalism in central cities
C) the social isolation of minorities in U.S. inner cities
D) overt racism by those in the suburbs
As the United States is becoming a multiracial society there has been a(n) __________.
A) backlash against civil rights reforms
B) rejection of educational policy reforms
C) increase in opportunities for more qualified minorities
D) elimination of hate groups
Stopping all people who appear to be Muslim or Arab at the airport and flagging them for extra screening is an example of __________.
A) racial formation
B) cultural deficiency theory
C) multiculturalism
D) racial profiling
Mark, who is African American, was recently
pulled over by the police. When he asked why he was stopped, the officer did not say anything specifically and Mark did not think he was committing a violation. Mark suspects he was being profiled and pulled over for __________.
A) speeding
B) driving while Black
C) drunk driving
D) swerving
The idea that race no longer matters in explaining inequality or policymaking because racism has been overcome is called __________.
A) color blindness
B) individual racism
C) institutional racism
D) nativism
Profiling refers to __________.
A) racism that is tolerated by social institutions and affects many different types of people
B) overt acts of hostility committed by individuals to harm other individuals
C) the problem of police targeting (and sometimes savagely mistreating) minorities
D) the stereotypical features given to minority suspects by police sketch artists
According to the text, rising poverty rates
among Latinos have led many policymakers to conclude that they have joined inner-city African Americans to form a __________.
A) hopeless underworld
B) hopeless underclass
C) useful coalition
D) racial-ethnic group
At least __________ college students are targets of racially motivated assaults each year.
A) 50
B) 500
C) 5,000
D) 500,000
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