Race: The Power of an Illusion

Race: The Power of an Illusion Part 1

Each short answer response must be 2 to 3 sentences and each must be cited from the video text to support your answer.

Objective:

GC.33 Describe the role of the media as a means of communicating information and how it influences the importance of issues and public opinion.

The "Why"

So students can evaluate interpretations of the 14^th Amendment, the due process, and the equal protection.

Multiple Choice

Humans have approximately 30,000 genes. On average, how many genes separate all members of one race from all members of another race?

• None

• 1

• 2

• 23

• 1008

Open Ended

Excluding your immediate family members, explain if you are more likely to be genetically like someone who looks like you or someone who does not.

Multiple Choice

Members of a race can be identified by their

• blood group

• skin color

• ancestry

• genes

• none of the above

Open Ended

Why is it impossible to use biological characteristics to sort people into consistent races? Identify some of the concepts such as "non-concordance" and "within-group vs. between group variation."

Multiple Choice

Skin color correlates most closely with

• hair form

• IQ

• Geographic Latitude

• Continent of ancestral origin

• Risk for sickle cell and other genetic diseases

Open Ended

What is the difference between a biological and a social view of race?

Multiple Choice

Which group has the most genetic variation?

• Humans

• Chimpanzees

• Penguins

• Fruit Flies

• Elephants

Open Ended

Who has benefited from the belief that we can sort people according to race and that there are natural or biologically based differences between racial groups?

Multiple Choice

Of the $120 billion in home loans underwritten by federal government between 1933 and 1962, what percentage went to white homeowners?

• 45%

• 64%

• 75%

• 88%

• 98%

Open Ended

Besides race, explain why some people might be more susceptible than others to disease. Think about the girl in the film with sickle cell anemia. How is ancestry different from race?

Multiple Choice

According to federal data in 2013, the White net worth compared to Blacks was

• 5 times greater

• 13 times greater

• 2 times greater

• No difference

• The same

Multiple Choice

According to a 1993 study, 86% of suburban whites lived in a community where the black population was:

• Less than 5%

• Less than 10%

• Less than 1%

• More than 10%

• More than 15%

Multiple Choice

Nativism means

• Belief that Native Americans are superior.

• Belief that immigrants are superior.

• Belief that native born Americans are superior

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

The bootstrap myth was

• Boots are better than sandals.

• Immigrants don't deserve to become citizens even if they work hard.

• If immigrants work hard enough then can achieve the American Dream.

• Everyone has an equal opportunity in order to achieve the American Dream.

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the post-WWII migration of middle-class white families out of urban areas and into the suburbs?

• The Big Move

• White Flight

• The Suburban Shift

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the generally accepted definition of gentrification?

• When formerly neglected areas are rehabilitated and affordable housing is built for lower income residents.

• When people from the suburbs move to wealthier "exurbs."

• When wealthier people move into an urban neighborhood, rents and prices increase, lower income residents are displaced and the character of the neighborhood is changed.

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Equity is recognizing privilege and inequality and making sure people get what they need to be successful.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A family's most valuable asset is their home.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Redlining is

• the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously.

• to manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class.

• when banks were warned not to loan $$ in inner-city minority communities.

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

In the early 1900s, 2 men named Takao Ozawa and Bhagat

Singh Thind sued the government because

• They were denied health insurance

• They were denied an education

• They were denied when trying to enlist in the military.

• They were denied citizenship