Racism and Discrimination in America

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Which event in the Introduction triggered public debate about racism in 2011?

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Circulation of a racist email showing Obama depicted as an ape

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According to Winthrop Jordan, depicting Africans as closer to apes historically helped whites:

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Justify slavery through dehumanization

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Donald Trump's 2011 publicity campaign centered around which claim?

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Questions about Obama’s citizenship

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Justice Marshall’s discussion of Bakke primarily emphasizes:

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The importance of remedying historic discrimination

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The concept of “reverse discrimination” in the chapter refers to:

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Harm caused to non-minorities by corrective measures

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The New Haven firefighter case was controversial because the city:

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Threw out test results fearing disparate impact on Black candidates

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Why does Justice Marshall argue that discrimination against Black Americans does not require individualized proof?

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Systemic racism has historically affected the entire group

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The Founders removed Jefferson’s condemnation of the slave trade from the Declaration partly because:

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Southern delegates refused to support a critique implicating themselves

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Justice Marshall cites Plessy v. Ferguson as an example of:

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Court-endorsed racial inequality

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Jordan’s argument that whites “reduced Blacks to a lower order” served which psychological function?

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Reducing cognitive dissonance about brutality