Question

19.) Whereas _______ relies on the belief that some races are better than others, _______ is the idea that, within

races, lighter is better.

a. discrimination; white privilege

b. racism; colorism

c. white privilege; discrimination

d. colorism; racism

20.) In the United States, whites earn, on average, the most, followed by lighter-skinned blacks, with very dark-skinned blacks earning the least. This unequal distribution of resources according to skin color is known as:

a. skin-color stratification

b. color-blindness

c. racial segregation

d. wage privilege

21.) David R. Dietrich refers to the United States as a _________, a society in which blacks, Asians, and Latinos have different social statuses according to their skin color. a. patriarchy

b. diaspora

c. tone-based hierarchy

d. pigmentocracy

22.) While scholars of colorism may disagree on the origins of colorism, most would agree that colorism:

a. only affects females

b. began after the Civil Rights movement

c. is a global phenomenon

d. All of the above

23.) Officially recognized as a distinct category on the U.S. Census from 1850 to 1910, _______ were the mixed-race children of blacks and whites.

a. mestizaje

b. mulattos

c. pardos

d. mestizos

24.) According to the idea of hypodescent, a person could be considered black if:

a. one of their grandparents was black

b. their great-grandparents were black

c. they were 1/32 black

d. All of the above

25.) Due to the prevalence of skin-tone stratification, lighter-skinned slaves were more likely to be freed, leading to a class of freedmen. These lighter-skinned blacks eventually formed the core of the black elite in the United States. This history explains how:

a. skin color has been mapped onto social status in the African American community for centuries

b. light-skinned blacks were later able to join forces with white immigrants in the creation of labor unions

c. skin-tone stratification helped pave the way for the Emancipation Proclamation

d. colorism became a global phenomenon

26.) The findings from Melville Herskovits’ study of blacks in Harlem in the 1920s mirror the findings of Parameswaran and Cardoza’s research in modern day India. Both studies show that men preferred to marry _________ partners.

a. mestizo

b. light-skinned

c. Native American

d. dark-skinned

 

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