ANSWERS 2024-2025 100% RATED CORRECT
10% admissions program - (ANSWER)(D) the top 10% of every HS graduating class receive
automatic admission to any college in the state of Texas
(S) an alternative solution to affirmative action;
premised on individual meritocracy;
ignores group relations;
Affinity groups - (ANSWER)(D) A group formed by shared interest, background, experiences or
goals; an alternative to stereotyping.
(S) People can be in collectives even though they are not related. People of difference races,
genders, or classes can ally with each other—coalition building.
Affirmative Action - (ANSWER)(D) a policy that attempts to bring members of
underrepresented groups, usually discriminated against, into a higher degree of participation in
some beneficial program
, (S) Helps minorities achieve a level playing field; This is an example of institutions developing
alternative methods of creating access while not creating other avenues of discrimination (against
the
dominant privileged group)
Alternative Popular Culture - (ANSWER)(D) a type of culture that exists outside of
mainstream/popular culture, usually under the domain of one or more subcultures.
(S) Creates space to re-imagine and challenge "traditions"—prophetic criticism, connects to
Marx by viewing present circumstances as the
result of historical processes.
Balkanization - (ANSWER)(D) splitting up a nation into smaller nations within itself—creation
of warring "tribes" based on ethnicity
(S) Schlesinger fears that this will happen to the US if promote cultural diversity- calls for
assimilation
Borderlands - (ANSWER)(D) Spaces of hybridity, inclusivity, and cross pollination