AAS- FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ALL
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Marian Anderson Correct answer-- a famous African American concert singer who had her first
performance in 1935, dazzling the audience and launching herself into fame.
Racial Profiling & Effects Correct answer-- hurts our sense of community by dividing us racially,
ethnically and religiously
- reduces trust in and creates fear of police
- cuts police off from important crime-solving information
- wastes police time and resources
- undermines other human rights- free expression, practice of religion, travel, government
participation
Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes Correct answer-- Americans believe in the reality of 'race' as a defined,
indubitable feature of the natural world."
- "Racism- the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce, and destroy
them..."
- "These new people are like us, a modern invention. But unlike us, their newer name has no real
meaning divorced from the machinery of criminal power. The new people were something else
before they were white..."
- "Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for
the others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it."
Racist Stamps Correct answer-- different caricatures on the stamp
- cost $6.50
Black Music Correct answer-- the cultures from which they were torn and the conditions into
which they were forced both contributed to the sounds of African American music
- some historical instruments used: banjo and the drum
- music was passed down orally
- Jazz & Blues
Black naming practices Correct answer-- included naming children after important dates, seasons,
times, or days.
- examples: "Easter, Wednesday, June, Morning, etc.
- African tribal names sometimes sounded similar to English names—like Becky for Beke, Fantee for
Fanti, and others.
, - Blacks during slavery, and when freed, often chose the names "Freeman, Newman, Liberty, and
John Brown.
Black Lives Matter song Correct answer-- written by Samuel Jackson
- protest against the violence of the racist police
- started in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths in the US
The Lumpen Correct answer-- one of the themes of the Blaxploitation films
- such movies generated strong criticism from Black communities, intellectuals, social organizations,
educators, media such as television's "Black Journal," "Soul," and "Ebony," and from other quarters.
The New American Nazis Correct answer-
Can Blacks be Racist? Correct answer-- one must first define racism in all of its manifestations
before the question can be answered.
- not a simple yes or no
- if racism is defined as a distinct system of institutionalized advantage by those with most of the
control and opportunity, then we are not looking at a position that blacks have power in; to oppress
in institutional ways. Black people cannot be racist in this sense.
- on an individual plane, blacks can be as racist as anybody else, usually in the form of calling other
ethnic groups by racist terminology. However, these individual comments cannot be equated to the
power of white supremacy and how it is a controlling mechanism.
King Leopold III Correct answer-- was King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951
- on the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German
invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and
abroad.
The 1927 KKK & extremism Correct answer-6 main Ideological components of KKK belief system
- violence and racism against non-whites, Irish, Eastern Europeans, etc.
-nativism— hatred of foreigners—Americans only concept, opposition to ethnic terms like Native
Americans, Irish Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, etc. (Americans and English only).
- temperance- stop alcohol sales and consumption.
-Christian Evangelicalism—u sing the Bible to promote racism
- fraternalism- secret rites and rituals.
-populism— claims to be ordinary people, but supports the "Big Man," or wealthy conservative
individual, as an idol to be worshiped or followed, cult like behavior.
Extremist conservative ideas
- promotion of the idea of "race," hatred of blacks and other minorities (white supremacy), hatred of
women, promotion or acceptance of sexual harassment or discrimination against them, anti-
CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Marian Anderson Correct answer-- a famous African American concert singer who had her first
performance in 1935, dazzling the audience and launching herself into fame.
Racial Profiling & Effects Correct answer-- hurts our sense of community by dividing us racially,
ethnically and religiously
- reduces trust in and creates fear of police
- cuts police off from important crime-solving information
- wastes police time and resources
- undermines other human rights- free expression, practice of religion, travel, government
participation
Ta-Nehisi Coates quotes Correct answer-- Americans believe in the reality of 'race' as a defined,
indubitable feature of the natural world."
- "Racism- the need to ascribe bone-deep features to people and then humiliate, reduce, and destroy
them..."
- "These new people are like us, a modern invention. But unlike us, their newer name has no real
meaning divorced from the machinery of criminal power. The new people were something else
before they were white..."
- "Part of me thinks that your very vulnerability brings you closer to the meaning of life, just as for
the others, the quest to believe oneself white divides them from it."
Racist Stamps Correct answer-- different caricatures on the stamp
- cost $6.50
Black Music Correct answer-- the cultures from which they were torn and the conditions into
which they were forced both contributed to the sounds of African American music
- some historical instruments used: banjo and the drum
- music was passed down orally
- Jazz & Blues
Black naming practices Correct answer-- included naming children after important dates, seasons,
times, or days.
- examples: "Easter, Wednesday, June, Morning, etc.
- African tribal names sometimes sounded similar to English names—like Becky for Beke, Fantee for
Fanti, and others.
, - Blacks during slavery, and when freed, often chose the names "Freeman, Newman, Liberty, and
John Brown.
Black Lives Matter song Correct answer-- written by Samuel Jackson
- protest against the violence of the racist police
- started in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner deaths in the US
The Lumpen Correct answer-- one of the themes of the Blaxploitation films
- such movies generated strong criticism from Black communities, intellectuals, social organizations,
educators, media such as television's "Black Journal," "Soul," and "Ebony," and from other quarters.
The New American Nazis Correct answer-
Can Blacks be Racist? Correct answer-- one must first define racism in all of its manifestations
before the question can be answered.
- not a simple yes or no
- if racism is defined as a distinct system of institutionalized advantage by those with most of the
control and opportunity, then we are not looking at a position that blacks have power in; to oppress
in institutional ways. Black people cannot be racist in this sense.
- on an individual plane, blacks can be as racist as anybody else, usually in the form of calling other
ethnic groups by racist terminology. However, these individual comments cannot be equated to the
power of white supremacy and how it is a controlling mechanism.
King Leopold III Correct answer-- was King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951
- on the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German
invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and
abroad.
The 1927 KKK & extremism Correct answer-6 main Ideological components of KKK belief system
- violence and racism against non-whites, Irish, Eastern Europeans, etc.
-nativism— hatred of foreigners—Americans only concept, opposition to ethnic terms like Native
Americans, Irish Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, etc. (Americans and English only).
- temperance- stop alcohol sales and consumption.
-Christian Evangelicalism—u sing the Bible to promote racism
- fraternalism- secret rites and rituals.
-populism— claims to be ordinary people, but supports the "Big Man," or wealthy conservative
individual, as an idol to be worshiped or followed, cult like behavior.
Extremist conservative ideas
- promotion of the idea of "race," hatred of blacks and other minorities (white supremacy), hatred of
women, promotion or acceptance of sexual harassment or discrimination against them, anti-
