CHAPTER 7 DO NOW

CHAPTER 7 DO NOW

VOCABULARY REVIEW

quick game

Multiple Choice

What is Affirmative Action?

• Government sets policies to increase the representation of particular groups based on their gender, race or nationality in areas in which they may be excluded such as education or employment.

• Government sets policies to decrease the representation of particular groups based on their gender, race or nationality in areas in which they may be excluded such as education or employment.

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of stereotype threat?

• The fear of being judged based upon positive stereotypes about one's group. Effects include acts of kindness, decreases anxiety, and increases self-regulation in a positive way

• The fear of being judged based upon negative stereotypes about one's group. Effects include agressive behavior, anxiety, overeating and a host of other failures of self-regulation.

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Multiple Choice

This character says, “Whatever. All I know is that no matter what

college I end up at, when I see a minority, I’m gonna wonder if they’re

qualified to be there.”

• Justyce

• Jared

• Quan

• Manny

Multiple Choice

This character says, “You’ll be back, smart guy. Once you see

them white folks don’t want yo black a** at they table.”

• Jared

• Justyce

• Manny

• Quan

Multiple Choice

QUESTION: Why does affirmative action exist?

Which character explains this question to Jared when he says minorities have an advantage over him when getting accepted into colleges?

• Manny

• Justyce

• SJ

• Jared

Multiple Choice

Which character states the following about affirmative action?

"It gives an unfair advantage to minorities. So, okay, Justyce and I might be “equals” or whatever. But there are other minorities without the qualifications I have who will get in before I do. That’s just not fair."

• Manny

• Quann

• SJ

• Jared

Multiple Choice

Which character writes the following,

"I know that when I head to Yale next fall (because I AM going there), I’m gonna be paranoid about people looking at me and wondering if I’m qualified to be there."

• JUSTYCE

• MANNY

• QUAN

• JARED

Multiple Choice

Which character states, "this guy included, are found to suffer from low self-esteem and struggle with standardized testing because of stereotype threat—basically, the guy knows people expect him to underperform, which triggers severe test anxiety that causes him to underperform".

• JUSTYCE

• MANNY

• SJ

• QUAN

Multiple Choice

Which character states, "I’d like to discuss how affirmative action discriminates against members of the majority."

• JARED

• MANNY

• SJ

• JUSTYCE

Multiple Choice

Which character is JUSTYCE referring to in the following statement?

" All this talk about how “equal” things are, yet he assumed I didn’t do as well as he did? And nobody can tell me he didn’t make that assumption because he’s white and I’m black Martin. Martin.”

• Manny

• Quan

• Jared

• SJ

Multiple Choice

Which character states the following about affirmative action?

"It gives an unfair advantage to minorities. So, okay, Justyce and I might be “equals” or whatever. But there are other minorities without the qualifications I have who will get in before I do. That’s just not fair."

• Manny

• Quann

• SJ

• Jared