Minorities of American Society questions

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Minorities in American Society

Final Exam

Directions: Select ONE question from EACH category and provide a well-developed, researched

answer.

Please type all answers in Microsoft Word or Google Doc. IMPORTANT: DO NOT include question text

in your reponse…only question number. (For example, do not write “1. How might education help

combat internalized racism? {Your answer here}.” Instead, write “1. {Your answer here}.” You may

not work with other students on this exam.

Group One

1. How might education help combat internalized racism?

2. Discuss the four levels of undoing racism at the personal level.

3. In what ways were early immigration restrictions related to race?

Group Two

4. Discuss how race and wealth are connected to social development.

5. Explain the critical race theory in relation to land and property.

6. Choose an example of a reality construct and then describe the four states of such constructs in

action.

Group Three

7. Discuss how critical race theorists view health disparities.

8. Explain how economic inequality affects the health of those on the lower end of the

socioeconomic spectrum.

9. Explain the fundamental differences between functionalist theorists and conflict theorists

regarding residential segregation.

Group Four

10. What are the major causes of the re-segregation of America’s schools?

11. How does the meaning and use of the terms Latino, Hispanic, and Mexican American differ?

12. What are the main tenets of the theory of color blindness?

Group Five

13. How might intersectionality be used to understand the experiences of indigenous women?

14. How has the United States legitimized racial constructs?

15. Describe the key features and findings of Adorno’s study