RTS-335 Quiz 3 With Complete Solution A+ Graded
What are the 2 major tasks to develop a healthy white identity? - ANSWER 1.) The
abandonment of individual racism
2.) The recognition of and opposition to institutional and cultural racism
What are the 6 states of mind that comprise Janet Helm's model of how white people can
achieve a healthy sense of white identity - ANSWER 1.) Contact
2.) Disintergration
3.) Reintergration
4.) Pseudo-independent
5.) Immersion/Emersion
6.) Autonomy
What does contact mean? - ANSWER Those have been raised in predominately white
schools, neighborhoods, etc. think of themselves as the racial norm which is taking for
granted without considering their white privileged. As a result, they consider
themselves color-blind and completely free of prejudice. They do NOT understand see
racism as an institutionalized system of advantages that benefit whites in subtle ways.
What does disintegration mean? - ANSWER When someone who is white is growing
awareness of racism and white privilege with results in uncomfortable emotions of guilt,
shame, anger, etc. In response to the discomfort, they may dent the validity of the
information presented, physical or psychological withdraw from it, or turn their
discomfort to action. Social pressures from family and friends may make them to not
notice racism
What does reintegration mean? - ANSWER A stage in which, "the previous feelings of
guilt or denial ma be transformed into fear and anger directed toward people of color.
The move has the effect of "reliving the white person of all responsibility for social
change. A white person can also experience fruition of being seen as a group member,
rather than an individual; such thinking can challenge the idea that one has reached a
, certain status in life due to one's own merit and accomplishments and is compatible with
the dominant ideology of rugged individualism
What does pseudo-independent mean? - ANSWER The person at this stage "has
achieved an intellectual understanding of racism as a system of advantage, but doesn't
quite know what to do about it. Self conscious and feeling guiltily about one's own
whiteness, the person often tries to escape by associating with people of color
What does immersion/emersion mean? - ANSWER In this stage a person has a desire to
find more positive understanding of what it means to be White, a self-understanding that
goes beyond the victimizer role. One obvious choice of role models would be Whites
who resisted the role of oppressor and became racial allies to people of color
What does autonomy mean? - ANSWER Person's is energized in their efforts to confront
racism and oppression in daily life
This is the stage of self-actualization, REC identity development that never really ends.
The person at this level is continually open to new information and new ways of thinking
about REC variables
What does Tatum mean by the term "white fragility"? - ANSWER The "low tolerance for
the cognitive and emotional stress that comes from exposure to new information that
disrupts on's sense of racial equilibrium
What does Tatum mean by the term "white ally"? - ANSWER The role of an ally is not to
help victims of racism, but to speak up against systems of oppression and to challenge
other Whites to do the same.
What is "colorblind socialization"? - ANSWER It is when people do not talk about race,
and people feel as though they cannot
Why is Marie-Anne Suizzo so concerned about it? - ANSWER Because this leads to color
muteness and is not necessarily fixing the problem
What are the 2 major tasks to develop a healthy white identity? - ANSWER 1.) The
abandonment of individual racism
2.) The recognition of and opposition to institutional and cultural racism
What are the 6 states of mind that comprise Janet Helm's model of how white people can
achieve a healthy sense of white identity - ANSWER 1.) Contact
2.) Disintergration
3.) Reintergration
4.) Pseudo-independent
5.) Immersion/Emersion
6.) Autonomy
What does contact mean? - ANSWER Those have been raised in predominately white
schools, neighborhoods, etc. think of themselves as the racial norm which is taking for
granted without considering their white privileged. As a result, they consider
themselves color-blind and completely free of prejudice. They do NOT understand see
racism as an institutionalized system of advantages that benefit whites in subtle ways.
What does disintegration mean? - ANSWER When someone who is white is growing
awareness of racism and white privilege with results in uncomfortable emotions of guilt,
shame, anger, etc. In response to the discomfort, they may dent the validity of the
information presented, physical or psychological withdraw from it, or turn their
discomfort to action. Social pressures from family and friends may make them to not
notice racism
What does reintegration mean? - ANSWER A stage in which, "the previous feelings of
guilt or denial ma be transformed into fear and anger directed toward people of color.
The move has the effect of "reliving the white person of all responsibility for social
change. A white person can also experience fruition of being seen as a group member,
rather than an individual; such thinking can challenge the idea that one has reached a
, certain status in life due to one's own merit and accomplishments and is compatible with
the dominant ideology of rugged individualism
What does pseudo-independent mean? - ANSWER The person at this stage "has
achieved an intellectual understanding of racism as a system of advantage, but doesn't
quite know what to do about it. Self conscious and feeling guiltily about one's own
whiteness, the person often tries to escape by associating with people of color
What does immersion/emersion mean? - ANSWER In this stage a person has a desire to
find more positive understanding of what it means to be White, a self-understanding that
goes beyond the victimizer role. One obvious choice of role models would be Whites
who resisted the role of oppressor and became racial allies to people of color
What does autonomy mean? - ANSWER Person's is energized in their efforts to confront
racism and oppression in daily life
This is the stage of self-actualization, REC identity development that never really ends.
The person at this level is continually open to new information and new ways of thinking
about REC variables
What does Tatum mean by the term "white fragility"? - ANSWER The "low tolerance for
the cognitive and emotional stress that comes from exposure to new information that
disrupts on's sense of racial equilibrium
What does Tatum mean by the term "white ally"? - ANSWER The role of an ally is not to
help victims of racism, but to speak up against systems of oppression and to challenge
other Whites to do the same.
What is "colorblind socialization"? - ANSWER It is when people do not talk about race,
and people feel as though they cannot
Why is Marie-Anne Suizzo so concerned about it? - ANSWER Because this leads to color
muteness and is not necessarily fixing the problem
