SW 640 Midterm exam questions with
answers
Matrix of Domination - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sees social structure as
having multiple, interlocking levels of domination that stem from the societal
configuration of race, class, and gender relations
Social Construction of Race - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-With regard to
race, we learn how to be what we are through social interaction and social
location
-race, class, and gender do still matter
-shapes everyone's lived experiences
-race, class, and gender are systems of power
Anderson/Collins on race - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-race, class, gender
still matters because as a society we still structure ourselves to value some lives
more than others
-systems have been so deeply engrained in law they have intergenerational
effect on economic, political, and social institutions
Matrix of Domination vs. Difference Framework - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-M of D: thinking relationally, focused on unique group experiences and
cultural differences of race, class, and gender
,-Diff Framework: thinking comparatively, broader study of the
interrelationships among race, class and gender
Issues with Difference Frameworks - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-can
privilege those who are deemed to be "normal" and stigmatize those considered
"different"
-create either-or categories - black or white, oppressed or oppressor, powerful
or powerless, normal or different
-promotes oppression ranking
-examples; additive model, diversity model, multicultural model
The Additive Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-fosters a view of
oppressions as equivalent and being the same
-this model is a never ending process
The Diversity Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-just bringing in the
voices. how do we hear every voice?
-this model is disconnected from social and historical realities
The Multicultural Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-implies that race,
class, and gender are only important on the level of culture
-will not help us dismantle systems of power
Think about race, class, and gender as: - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-systems
of power
, -3 fundamental systems of power among many others (education, gender
identity, etc), influence all others
-to develop perspective that goes beyond an illumination of the experience of
oppressed groups
-changes how we understand groups who are on both sides of power and
privilege
Racism defined by Peggy McIntosh - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-individual
acts of meanness by members of one group
-individual systems conferring unsought racial dominance on one group from
birth
-system not equitable
Prejudice vs. Racism - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-prejudice: a hostile
attitude toward people who are presume to have alleged negative
characteristics associated with a group to which they belong
-racism: a system of power and privilege, can be manifested in different group
advantages and disadvantages based on their location in the societal system
Oppression - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-not simply suffering or being made
to feel bad
-describes as living one's life as confined and shaped by forces/barriers which
are not accidental, but systematically related to each other and restrict or
penalize motion in any direction
-bird cage metaphor (Marilyn Frye)
answers
Matrix of Domination - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔sees social structure as
having multiple, interlocking levels of domination that stem from the societal
configuration of race, class, and gender relations
Social Construction of Race - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-With regard to
race, we learn how to be what we are through social interaction and social
location
-race, class, and gender do still matter
-shapes everyone's lived experiences
-race, class, and gender are systems of power
Anderson/Collins on race - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-race, class, gender
still matters because as a society we still structure ourselves to value some lives
more than others
-systems have been so deeply engrained in law they have intergenerational
effect on economic, political, and social institutions
Matrix of Domination vs. Difference Framework - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔-M of D: thinking relationally, focused on unique group experiences and
cultural differences of race, class, and gender
,-Diff Framework: thinking comparatively, broader study of the
interrelationships among race, class and gender
Issues with Difference Frameworks - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-can
privilege those who are deemed to be "normal" and stigmatize those considered
"different"
-create either-or categories - black or white, oppressed or oppressor, powerful
or powerless, normal or different
-promotes oppression ranking
-examples; additive model, diversity model, multicultural model
The Additive Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-fosters a view of
oppressions as equivalent and being the same
-this model is a never ending process
The Diversity Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-just bringing in the
voices. how do we hear every voice?
-this model is disconnected from social and historical realities
The Multicultural Model - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-implies that race,
class, and gender are only important on the level of culture
-will not help us dismantle systems of power
Think about race, class, and gender as: - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-systems
of power
, -3 fundamental systems of power among many others (education, gender
identity, etc), influence all others
-to develop perspective that goes beyond an illumination of the experience of
oppressed groups
-changes how we understand groups who are on both sides of power and
privilege
Racism defined by Peggy McIntosh - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-individual
acts of meanness by members of one group
-individual systems conferring unsought racial dominance on one group from
birth
-system not equitable
Prejudice vs. Racism - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-prejudice: a hostile
attitude toward people who are presume to have alleged negative
characteristics associated with a group to which they belong
-racism: a system of power and privilege, can be manifested in different group
advantages and disadvantages based on their location in the societal system
Oppression - ➰CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-not simply suffering or being made
to feel bad
-describes as living one's life as confined and shaped by forces/barriers which
are not accidental, but systematically related to each other and restrict or
penalize motion in any direction
-bird cage metaphor (Marilyn Frye)
