Identities and Inequalities Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, & Sexuality 3rd Edition by David Newman - Test Bank

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Chapter 05

Expressing Inequalities: Prejudice and Discrimination in Everyday Life

 

 

 True / False Questions

1. Because anyone can hold stereotypes of others, all prejudice has the same effect.
   FALSE

 

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2. In this day and age, it is sufficient to label behavior racist for it to be stopped.
   FALSE

 

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3. Prejudice reflects relative group positions in society.
   TRUE

 

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4. Stereotypes are usually quite easy to change.
   FALSE

 

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5. Asian Americans are a “model” minority because they have fully been assimilated into the American culture.
   FALSE

 

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6. Stereotyping is a universal feature of human thought.
   TRUE

 

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7. The expectations and resentment associated with being the “model minority” can be as confining and oppressive as those created by more negative stereotypes.
   TRUE

 

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8. Women are anatomically and hormonally predisposed to be better parents than men.
   FALSE

 

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9. As a direct result of the positive “Strong Black Woman” stereotype, black women find themselves near the top of the U.S. pay scale.
   FALSE

 

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10. Heterosexism is highest among individuals who know no gays and lesbians personally.
    TRUE

 

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11. The belief that women are naturally inclined to be parents is linked to the broader gender inequalities in society.
    TRUE

 

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12. Prejudice remains constant and unchanging despite changes in social conditions.
    FALSE

 

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13. Prejudice is a purely rational view of stereotypes.
    FALSE

 

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14. Anti-gay prejudice is uniform throughout society.
    FALSE

 

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15. If there’s a group of people that is distinctive and identifiable, it’s inevitable that someone will find these people unfit, unapproachable, or undesirable.
    TRUE

 

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16. When President Obama was elected in 2008, racial prejudice ended.
    FALSE

 

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17. When groups lack societal power, their discrimination is of the highest significance within the larger social structure.
    FALSE

 

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18. U.S. Whites constantly have to define their identity in terms of race.
    FALSE

 

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19. The power of whiteness reproduces itself regardless of people’s intentions because it is seen not as whiteness but as normal.
    TRUE

 

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20. The privilege of not having to think about race provides advantages to Whites whether or not they approve of receiving such privileges.
    TRUE

 

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 Multiple Choice Questions

21. _____ is defined as the overgeneralized belief that a certain trait, behavior, or attitude characterizes all members of some identifiable group.
    A.Stereotype
    B. Libel
    C. Colonialism
    D. Transparency

 

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22. Which of the following is a negative consequence of positive stereotypes about women?
    A.They are not considered to be naturally fit to raise children.
    B. They are culturally noticeable.
    C. They are asked to seek work to support their families.
    D. They are not considered decisive enough to be effective organizational leaders.

 

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23. Model minority stereotypes are not really complimentary because:
    A.they are never at all accurate.
    B. they can create damaging expectations.
    C. malicious motives underlay them.
    D. they make Whites feel bad.

 

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24. Even when Asian Americans succeed, white hostility credits their success to them being:
    A.open minded.
    B. trustworthy.
    C. clannish drones.
    D. broad-minded people.

 

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25. Which of the following women would be made to be the most culturally noticeable by the “good mother” stereotype?
    A.Women who take drugs to become pregnant
    B. Women who have had accidental abortions
    C. Women who work for pay and have children
    D. Women who are not mothers

 

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26. The statement made by a white worker “But a black guy? It would mean you lost a job to someone that everybody knows is lower than you” is an example of:
    A.consciousness of relative social position.
    B. gender neutrality.
    C. psychological instability.
    D. economic rationality.

 

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27. The problem with depicting masculinity and femininity as natural, biological phenomena is that it:
    A.discourages doing gender.
    B. confuses sex with gender.
    C. shows that femininity is considered more ideal than masculinity.
    D. supports panethnic labeling.

 

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28. Most of the time, institutional discrimination is:
    A.advantageous to model minorities.
    B. more easy to change than personal discrimination.
    C. even less recognized than quiet, subtle forms of personal discrimination.
    D. obvious and codified into the law.

 

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29. Which of the following statements is true of institutional discrimination?
    A.It reduces bias in panethnic labeling processes.
    B. It gives more importance to femininity over masculinity.
    C. It emphasizes the importance of within-group differences over between-group differences.
    D. It can only work to the advantage of those who wield power and control major social institutions.

 

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30. Which of the following statements is true of personal discrimination?
    A.It affects people of all races equally.
    B. It is a direct result of gender neutrality laws.
    C. It is more harmful than institutional discrimination.
    D. It can be practiced by anyone against any group.

 

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31. Which of the following is the negative consequence of individualizing racist behavior?
    A.It reduces the effects of colorism on an individual level.
    B. It emphasizes the importance of institutional discrimination over personal discrimination.
    C. It obscures the group-level prejudice that is culturally and socially supported.
    D. It reduces the importance of panethnic labeling.

 

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32. Which of the following can transform individual-level prejudice into group-level prejudice?
    A.Patriotism and courage
    B. Feeling nostalgic and feeling insignificant
    C. Feeling different and feeling superior
    D. Entitlement and suspicion

 

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33. Based on the discussion in the text, the most likely reason for students of color to restrict themselves to groups made up of other students of color is:
    A.the desire to avoid experiencing the prejudice of Whites.
    B. the desire to replicate the racist separatism of Whites.
    C. the desire to keep Whites from the privileges of group membership.
    D. the obsession with race and color.

 

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34. Whites may be described as racially transparent because:
    A.they are so indifferent.
    B. their skin color is socially invisible.
    C. race no longer matters.
    D. there are no stereotypes of Whites.

 

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35. Understanding the racial perceptions of wealthy white men is important because:
    A.the lives of powerful and famous men are rarely studied.
    B. their perceptions are widespread.
    C. many of them have the power to shape views, policies, and laws.
    D. wealthy white women have been studied more often.

 

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36. _____ refers to established laws, customs, policies, and practices that systematically reflect and produce inequalities in society, whether or not the individuals maintaining these practices have discriminatory intentions.
    A.Psychological discrimination
    B. Antiquated discrimination
    C. Personal discrimination
    D. Institutional discrimination

 

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37. Skin-color distinctions within an ethnoracial group reflect:
    A.the broader racial values of the culture at large.
    B. an irrational concern with social status.
    C. the efforts of Blacks to create their own beauty standards.
    D. the historical equation of skin color with all things refined and beautiful.

 

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38. According to the text, the shift from explaining inequality as an innate, biological matter to explaining it as a matter of cultural differences and national identity is one form of:
    A.rearticulation.
    B. quiet bias.
    C. racial progress.
    D. colorism.

 

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39. _____ refers to the unfair treatment of people based on some identifiable social characteristic such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or class.
    A.Personification
    B. Libel
    C. Discrimination
    D. Proliferation

 

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 Essay Questions

40. Why are stereotypes so often resistant to change?

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Topic: Stereotypes: The Building Blocks of Bigotry

41. Why is individualizing racism problematic?

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42. Why are quiet bias and positive stereotypes more problematic than blatant and explicit bias and negative stereotypes?

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43. Discuss the election of President Barack Obama in 2008 and place it into the context of the discussion in this chapter. Is racial prejudice gone in our society today? How is the conversation complicated?

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Topic: Prejudice: Perceiving Inequalities

44. What is colorism? Why is it a reasonable response by communities of color to their situations?

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Topic: Prejudice: Perceiving Inequalities