Test #2

Question 1

Colorism

Answer 1

Refers to how within a racial group, people are ranked as more deserving and superior based on their phenotype (physical appearance)

• skin color
• hair texture
• facial features

Question 2

Skin-color stratification

Answer 2

Resources such as income and status are distributed unequally according to skin color.

Question 3

Internal group scaling system

Answer 3

It’s a scale where people define you by skin color. (Lightest-darkest)

Question 4

Lighter skinned people

Answer 4

They are seen as more “beautiful”

Question 5

Brown paper bag test

Answer 5

Lighter than a bag= You’re in

Question 6

Darker than a bag

Answer 6

You’re out

Question 7

If you run a pencil through someone’s hair=

Answer 7

You didn’t pass because the pencil would get stuck

Question 8

Pigmentocracy

Answer 8

A society in which blacks, Asians, and Latinos have different social statuses according to their skin color.

Question 9

Passing pigment skin color

Answer 9

Ability of a person to be regarded as a member of an identity group or category different from their own.

Question 10

Mulattos

Answer 10

Recognized as a distinct category on the U.S. Census from 1850-1910, mixed-race children of BLACKS/WHITES