Final Exam

Question 1

What is color blind racism?

Answer 1

Color blind racism is a racial ideology that whites have created to explain racial inequalities in contemporary American in a nonracial way.

Question 2

What does color blind racism do?

Answer 2

color blind racism became the dominant racial ideology for maintain blacks and other minorities separate, with the blacks and minority at the bottom.

Question 3

How do whites justify racial differences in society today? (Color-blind racism)

Answer 3

Whites justifying contemporary minorities status to market dynamics, natural occurring phenomenon, and cultural limitations

Question 4

GIve examples of color blind racism:

Answer 4

Ex: contributing Latino’s poverty level to their relax work ethic
Ex. Residential Segregation is due to certain cultures or people don’t mix

Question 5

What is the difference between institutional and color-blind racism?

Answer 5

Institutional racism enforces racial inequalities through overt means like saying “no Negros allowed”, “whites only”. Color blind racism on the other hand operates more in a covert fashion. Ex. Residential segregation

Question 6

GIve an example of institutionalized racism?

Answer 6

Jim Crow era

Question 7

Give example of some color blind racism views:

Answer 7

• Views interracial marriage as problamatic b/c of burden on the child that location, and pressure on the couple
• minorities are behind in the work market becuase of their work ethics

Question 8

what does color blind racism serve today?

Answer 8

color blind racism today acts as a shield for covert and institutionalized system. It aids in the maintaince of white privilege without consequences.

Question 9

what is the first distinct way that social scientist approach the structionist perspective of race?

Answer 9

First approach, Since race is socially constructed that is not a fundamental category for analysis. Its not real, so it is not important

Question 10

what is the second approach that social scientist might take on the structionist perspective of race?

Answer 10

Second form, acknowledge that race is socially constructed, however they would attempt to racialize different studies to make it seem that race is the independent variable in these cases. Racial category is the driving force.
Ex: SAT scores blacks compares to chinese.

Question 11

what is the third approach that social scientist might take on the structionist perspective of race?
(Bonilla Silva agrees with this)

Answer 11

Agrees that race is a social construction, however they belive that it produces real objective outcomes on individuals who have been racialized.
ex: has impact on individuals on what type of neighboorhoods they could live in, or type of institution they could access.

Question 12

What are the four frames of color-blind racism?

Answer 12

1. abstract liberalism
2. Naturalization
3. Cultural racism
4. Minimization of racism

Question 13

What is abstract liberalism?

Answer 13

Abstract liberalism provides whites with the means to frame race-related issues in a liberal way in order to appear “reasonable” and “moral”, while at the same time reject and deny other practical approaches to deal with racial inequalities.

Question 14

What’s an example of abstract liberalism?

Answer 14

Saying affirmative action is not equal because it gives preference to people of color without the acknowledgment that people of color are under represented in those activities.

Question 15

Naturalization

Answer 15

Allows whites to explain racial problems as being a natural phenomenon.

Question 16

Give an example of naturalization:

Answer 16

Saying segregation is natural because people gravitate towards likeness.
-this view is rationalized as nonracial because other minorities take part in this.

Question 17

What is cultural racism?

Answer 17

Cultural racism relies on culturally based arguments like; “Mexicans don’t put much effort on education” or “blacks and Latinos have to many babies”, to explain the standing of minorities today.

Question 18

What is minimization?

Answer 18

Minimization of racism suggests that discrimination is no longer an issue that affects the lives of minorities.
Ex: “they have it better now then in the past”
“If there is discrimination, there are plenty of jobs still”

Question 19

What are the four types of black Americans.

Answer 19

1. mainstream
2. abandoned
3. transcendent
4. emergent

Question 20

Mainstream

Answer 20

Middle class majority that have more power in society

Question 21

Abandoned

Answer 21

A large percentage of minorities that have less hope of escaping poverty

Question 22

Transcendent

Answer 22

Small elite group who hold power and wealth.

Question 23

Emergent groups

Answer 23

Individuals of mixed race heritage and communities of recent black immigrants. It makes us wonder what “black” is even suppose to mean.