2. Open book quiz on chapter 9
The meaning of RACE
The Race Literacy Quiz
The racial wealth gap in U.S.
Video: Mirrors of Privilege—Making Whiteness
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3. 1. Humans have approximately 30,000 genes. On
average, how many genes separate all members
of one race from all members of another race?
A. None.
B. 1
C. 23
D. 142
E. 1008
F. We don't know
Answer: A. There are no characteristics, no
traits, not even one gene that distinguish all
members of one so-called race from all members
of another race.
4. 2. Members of a race can be identified by their:
A. Blood group
B. Skin color
C. Ancestry
D. Genes
E. None of the above
F. All of the above
Answer: E
3. Skin color correlates most closely with:
A. Hair form
B. IQ
C. Risk for sickle cell, Tay Sachs and other genetic
diseases
D. Geographic latitude
E. Continent of ancestral origin
F. Jumping and sprinting ability
Answer: D
5. 4. According to a 1993 study, 86% of suburban
whites lived in a community where the black
population was:
A. Less than 5%
B. Less than 10%
C. Less than 1%
D. More than 10%
E. More than 15%
Answer: C
5. Today, the median net worth of the white family
is how much compared to the black family?
A. Three times as much
B. Eight times as much
C. more than ten times as much
D. Twice as much
E. The same
Answer: C
6. Race: Myth and Reality
Myth 1 - Idea That Any Race is Superior
◦ All Races Have Geniuses and Idiots.
◦ Genocide Still Around
Myth 2 - Idea that Any Race is Pure
◦ Human Characteristics Flow
Endlessly Together.
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7. Ethnic Groups
Race Refers to Biological Characteristics.
Ethnicity Refers to Cultural Characteristics.
◦ Common Ancestry
◦ Cultural Heritage
◦ Nations of Origin
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8. Constructing Racial-
Ethnic Identity
Sense of Ethnicity
◦ Relative Size
◦ Power
◦ Appearance
◦ Discrimination
Ethnic Work and the Melting Pot
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10. Prejudice and
Discrimination
Learning Prejudice
◦ Prejudice vs. Discrimination
Discrimination is Action
Learning from Association
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11. Prejudice is an attitude and discrimination is
unfair treatment.
Individual discrimination is the negative
treatment of one person by another.
Institutional discrimination is the
discrimination built into society’s social
institutions. It focuses on human behavior at
the group level. Examples: mortgage lending
practices, health care and car loans.
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13. Global Patterns of
Intergroup Relations
Genocide
Population Transfer
Internal Colonialism
Segregation
Assimilation
Multiculturalism (Pluralism)
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20. The wealth gap between whites and African
Americans increased from $20,000 to
$95,000.
In 2007, one in ten African Americans owed
at least $3,600, almost doubling their debt
burden since 1984.
At least 25% of African American families had
no assets to turn to in times of economic
hardship.
