Reference no: EM131637678

1. When African Americans who have committed crimes are discussed in the media they are presented as:

having bad values

having no role models

coming from bad families

all of the above

2- The New York Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy led to 685,724 stops in 2011, in which people of color represented over ________ percent of those stops.

80%

75%

95%

50%

3- The most controversial word in the English language is __________.

Ghetto

Nigge

Negro

all of the above

4- Emory Bogardus specified various dimensions of social distance which is used to measure the social distance scale or the level of intimacy a person is willing to accept in his/her relationship with people of other social groups.

close kinship by marriage

members of one's club or personal friends

neighbors on one's street

all of the above

5- Of the Ten Things You Can Do to Improve Race Relations, Gallagher identified the following:

Stopping others from telling racist jokes

Being a positive role model to younger people in your life

respectfully engaging friends and family in what you learn in your race classes

all of the above

6-  Feagin and Vera's research suggested that anti-racist Whites are individuals who:

seek out interactions with people in other racial/ethnic groups

have cultivated close friendships across color line

they are more aware of their own racism and the racism of others

all of the above

7- President Obama's victory has been based on a sense of ________ __________ which refers to a type of racism in which Whites show an affinity for "special" Black people whom they perceive as being different from most Blacks

non-racist

enlightened exceptionalism

educated Blacks

none of the above

8- The current discourse on "post-racialism"is important because

some argue that race doesn't matter

race carries much less importance than in previous times

the nation was taking a turn toward post-racialism at his election

all of the above

9- Taking a greater look at the friends defense it is noticeable that:

Whites tend to exaggerate their depth of friendship with people of color

There was evidence of the lack of trust

Friends tended to disappear after class, rooming experience etc.

all of the above