ASAM 101 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The goals of the strikers for Ethnic Studies were to increase the numbers of racial
minority students, to have classes taught in Ethnic Studies, and to hire instructors to
teach those courses - Answer- True
CSUF is a good university, but because it has been led by a minority person, it is not
and cannot be excellent - Answer- False
Ethnic Studies is not a required subject at CSUF - Answer- False
It is inherently divisive to study race and ethnicity - Answer- False
It is impossible to raise racial minorities up unless European Americans are degraded -
Answer- False
Race is defined by DNA, and biologists have proved this - Answer- False
Race is fixed, unchanging, and independent of time or people - Answer- False
Racial Formations are the socio-historical processes by which racial identities are
created, lived out, transformed, and destroyed - Answer- True
Social Construction is the idea that people make it up, and therefore no social
construction has any importance - Answer- False
People are individuals in today's America, and although they once mattered, issues like
race, gender or class no longer have any impact on a CSUF titan - Answer- False
Intersectionality states that only two things at a time can matter to people - Answer-
False
Intersectionality is illegitimate because it affects the majority - Answer- False
Intersectionality is made up, so it is a foolish concept - Answer- False
Intersectionality is inherently illegitimate because the originator is prejudiced by her
African American and female identities - Answer- False
ANSWERS
The goals of the strikers for Ethnic Studies were to increase the numbers of racial
minority students, to have classes taught in Ethnic Studies, and to hire instructors to
teach those courses - Answer- True
CSUF is a good university, but because it has been led by a minority person, it is not
and cannot be excellent - Answer- False
Ethnic Studies is not a required subject at CSUF - Answer- False
It is inherently divisive to study race and ethnicity - Answer- False
It is impossible to raise racial minorities up unless European Americans are degraded -
Answer- False
Race is defined by DNA, and biologists have proved this - Answer- False
Race is fixed, unchanging, and independent of time or people - Answer- False
Racial Formations are the socio-historical processes by which racial identities are
created, lived out, transformed, and destroyed - Answer- True
Social Construction is the idea that people make it up, and therefore no social
construction has any importance - Answer- False
People are individuals in today's America, and although they once mattered, issues like
race, gender or class no longer have any impact on a CSUF titan - Answer- False
Intersectionality states that only two things at a time can matter to people - Answer-
False
Intersectionality is illegitimate because it affects the majority - Answer- False
Intersectionality is made up, so it is a foolish concept - Answer- False
Intersectionality is inherently illegitimate because the originator is prejudiced by her
African American and female identities - Answer- False
