TTU CROSS-CULTURAL EXAM 2 – TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY STUDY
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
The United States is one of a small number of countries that counts people by - ✔✔Race
_____________ and the US were the 2 largest slaveholding countries in the Americas - ✔✔Brazil
___________ individuals, even if dark skinned, would avoid identifying as black in Latin America -
✔✔Economically Successful
Typically, the most disadvantaged people in Latin America were the: - ✔✔Indigenous population
Affirmative action in the US includes - ✔✔Outreach campaigns to underrepresented groups
Since the 1970, we have seen a substantial increase in - ✔✔Income inequality
One factor that predicts that Hispanics will face discriminatory obstacles in the US that hamper their
upward mobility is - ✔✔Having darker skin
Among Asian immigrants, the following group tends to have lower incomes than the others -
✔✔Hmong
Beginning in the 2000 census, people could choose to report - ✔✔More than once race
Most advanced democracies today have - ✔✔A mix of assimilationist and multicultural elements.
Why do most people have an immediate negative reaction to words like racism, sexism, or privilege? -
✔✔They do not want to look at the issues the words point to.
What words are taboo in "polite" company, including many training programs at corporations and
universities? - ✔✔Words that name the trouble around privilege.
There is no way to talk about the trouble around privilege without ___________. - ✔✔Experiencing
difficulty and pain.
Non-privileged groups cannot solve the problem of privilege on their own because they lack the power
to _________. - ✔✔Singlehandedly do away with entrenched systems of privilege.
True of false: problems of perception and defensiveness apply to race and a broad and interconnected
set of social differences that have become the basis for a great deal of trouble in the world. - ✔✔True
What has been discovered by middle-class blacks who believed that if they went to school, worked hard,
and made something of themselves, race would no longer be an issue? - ✔✔Nothing seems to protect
them from their vulnerability to white racism.
, what are the issues faced by the estimated 54 million people with disabilities in the US? - ✔✔They are
vulnerable to abuse both within and outside their homes.
They are denied the opportunity to develop their abilities fully due to negative stereotypes.
Their physical environment is designed in ways that create obstacles fr their mobility.
Identify symptoms of the steady corrosion that everyday racism is causing to the fabric of social life
everywhere. - ✔✔Segregation in housing and schools is stubborn and pervasive.
The average wealth of white families is almost 14 times that of blacks.
____________ are fare less likely to finish high school or college and are more likely to be unemployed
and, when they do find work, to be paid less than the minimum wage than ____________. - ✔✔People
with disabilities; people without diaabilities.
What are the issues faced by women in the US? - ✔✔Men rarely feel as responsible for domestic work
and child care as their female partners do.
The gender gap in income is narrowing extremely slowly.
Men dominate virtually every major organization and institution.
Mens violence and harassment against women is epidemic.
The glass ceiling prevents women from being promoted to executive status.
Instead of a decent and productive social life that is true to the best of peoples essential human selves,
there is a powerful kind of trouble that _____________. - ✔✔Privileges some groups at the expense of
others.
An accurate statement about the "problem" of race. - ✔✔There is no way to separate the "problem" of
being black from the "problem" of not being white.
It is relatively easy for white people to fall into a safe and comfortable rut of thinking that racism is a
problem that belongs to people of color, but such thinking ____________. - ✔✔Mistakes fantasy for
reality.
Issue faced by gays and lesbians in the US. - ✔✔They live in constant threat of physical violence.
People who belong to privileged category and feel unprivileged derive part of their feelings from the
misconception that privilege is _____________. - ✔✔Just about individuals
Looking at privilege and domination _____________ simplifies and clarifies issues of understanding
privilege considerably. - ✔✔In the form of a matrix
According to sociologist Patricia Hill Collins, each particular form of privilege ____________. - ✔✔Is
part of a much larger system of privilege
GUIDE, PRACTICE QUESTIONS & REVIEW 2026/2027
The United States is one of a small number of countries that counts people by - ✔✔Race
_____________ and the US were the 2 largest slaveholding countries in the Americas - ✔✔Brazil
___________ individuals, even if dark skinned, would avoid identifying as black in Latin America -
✔✔Economically Successful
Typically, the most disadvantaged people in Latin America were the: - ✔✔Indigenous population
Affirmative action in the US includes - ✔✔Outreach campaigns to underrepresented groups
Since the 1970, we have seen a substantial increase in - ✔✔Income inequality
One factor that predicts that Hispanics will face discriminatory obstacles in the US that hamper their
upward mobility is - ✔✔Having darker skin
Among Asian immigrants, the following group tends to have lower incomes than the others -
✔✔Hmong
Beginning in the 2000 census, people could choose to report - ✔✔More than once race
Most advanced democracies today have - ✔✔A mix of assimilationist and multicultural elements.
Why do most people have an immediate negative reaction to words like racism, sexism, or privilege? -
✔✔They do not want to look at the issues the words point to.
What words are taboo in "polite" company, including many training programs at corporations and
universities? - ✔✔Words that name the trouble around privilege.
There is no way to talk about the trouble around privilege without ___________. - ✔✔Experiencing
difficulty and pain.
Non-privileged groups cannot solve the problem of privilege on their own because they lack the power
to _________. - ✔✔Singlehandedly do away with entrenched systems of privilege.
True of false: problems of perception and defensiveness apply to race and a broad and interconnected
set of social differences that have become the basis for a great deal of trouble in the world. - ✔✔True
What has been discovered by middle-class blacks who believed that if they went to school, worked hard,
and made something of themselves, race would no longer be an issue? - ✔✔Nothing seems to protect
them from their vulnerability to white racism.
, what are the issues faced by the estimated 54 million people with disabilities in the US? - ✔✔They are
vulnerable to abuse both within and outside their homes.
They are denied the opportunity to develop their abilities fully due to negative stereotypes.
Their physical environment is designed in ways that create obstacles fr their mobility.
Identify symptoms of the steady corrosion that everyday racism is causing to the fabric of social life
everywhere. - ✔✔Segregation in housing and schools is stubborn and pervasive.
The average wealth of white families is almost 14 times that of blacks.
____________ are fare less likely to finish high school or college and are more likely to be unemployed
and, when they do find work, to be paid less than the minimum wage than ____________. - ✔✔People
with disabilities; people without diaabilities.
What are the issues faced by women in the US? - ✔✔Men rarely feel as responsible for domestic work
and child care as their female partners do.
The gender gap in income is narrowing extremely slowly.
Men dominate virtually every major organization and institution.
Mens violence and harassment against women is epidemic.
The glass ceiling prevents women from being promoted to executive status.
Instead of a decent and productive social life that is true to the best of peoples essential human selves,
there is a powerful kind of trouble that _____________. - ✔✔Privileges some groups at the expense of
others.
An accurate statement about the "problem" of race. - ✔✔There is no way to separate the "problem" of
being black from the "problem" of not being white.
It is relatively easy for white people to fall into a safe and comfortable rut of thinking that racism is a
problem that belongs to people of color, but such thinking ____________. - ✔✔Mistakes fantasy for
reality.
Issue faced by gays and lesbians in the US. - ✔✔They live in constant threat of physical violence.
People who belong to privileged category and feel unprivileged derive part of their feelings from the
misconception that privilege is _____________. - ✔✔Just about individuals
Looking at privilege and domination _____________ simplifies and clarifies issues of understanding
privilege considerably. - ✔✔In the form of a matrix
According to sociologist Patricia Hill Collins, each particular form of privilege ____________. - ✔✔Is
part of a much larger system of privilege
