Family Questions for Midterm Exam

Below are the questions I accepted from the ones submitted by each family. Overall, I believe the Orange family did the best job and earned a bonus point. And when we do this again in preparation for the final exam, let me remind you all, especially the Blue family, that I WILL NOT ACCEPT INDIVIDUAL SUBMISSIONS. PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACTIVITY IS TO HAVE YOU DECIDE AS A GROUP WHAT THE BEST QUESTIONS WOULD BE AND THEN SUBMIT THEM AS A GROUP, OR FAMILY. Finally, you will note that I did some editing of some questions and answers.


GREEN FAMILY (Jared, Jessi, Lucy, Nygia, Jack) earns 5 activity points.

1. Which group has benefited most from affirmative action? (1)

ANSWER: women

2. What is "colorblind racism?" (1)

ANSWER: Colorblind racism is a form of racism in which minorities' status is explained or rationalized on the basis of nonracial factors such as market forces (economics) or cultural factors.

3. Is race real? (2)

ANSWER: Biologically speaking, race is NOT real, but it IS real socially.


ORANGE FAMILY (T.J., Emily, Brianna, Ethan, Shelby) earns 5 points, plus 1 bonus point.

1. The Eugenics movement, which emerged in the U.S. in the early 20th century and was based on the idea of white superiority, also influenced what world leader who developed a genocidal program based on these ideas? (1)

ANSWER: Adolf Hitler

2. What aspect of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was featured at the end of Part 2 of the video series and what was its significance? (2)

ANSWER: The fair had people from different ethnic backgrounds displayed in their "natural habitats," so white Americans who attended could see how these people were "inferior" to them.

3. How was housing discrimination against minorities in the United States both institutionalized and condoned by the federal government? (3)

ANSWER: The FHA (Federal Housing Administration), as well as private lenders, pioneered the practice of "red lining" in which predominantly black neighborhoods were judged to be bad risks for mortgage lending, which led to inevitable decline and decreasing home values in these areas. Furthermore, through "restrictive covenants," which were legal obligations imposed by the seller of a house often NOT to allow minority individuals to buy or lease a property, many neighborhoods were kept legally segregated.

4. What is the basic difference between PREJUDICE and DISCRIMINTION? (1)

ANSWER: Prejudice involves ATTITUDES, whereas discrimination involves ACTIONS.


BLUE FAMILY (Jarell, Julisa, Kristal, Mimi, Mary Katherine, Amelia) earns 5 points.

1. Why won't CONTACT alone eliminate prejudice? (1)

ANSWER: Because if it is UNEQUAL STATUS CONTACT, in which one group is clearly dominant, that may only serve to reinforce prejudice, as was clearly the case during slavery.

2. What has been the effect of housing discrimination, which was widely and legally practiced during the suburban housing boom right after World War II, on education today? (2)

ANSWER: It has contributed to the so-called "RESEGREGATION" of public education today because neighborhood housing and schools tend to be segregated today due in large part to this past housing discrimination.

3. What was the name of the operation in which both legal and illegal Mexican immigrants were deported from the U.S. because we no longer needed their labor after World War II? (1)

ANSWER: Operation Wetback

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That's it. Remember, these questions WILL be on the midterm this Thursday, Oct. 27th.