SOC 215 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does Bonilla-Silva in "Rethinking Racism" say about education and racism? How
does he distinguish racism from mental quirks? - Answers -education is also the choice
"pill" prescribed by marxists for healing workers from racism
-removal of systemic roots, can be done democratically or only through revolutionary
means is an open and one that depends on the particular racial structure of the society
in question
From both Bonilla-Silva and Farley, what characterizes a racialized social system? -
Answers -A society in which certain races are given privileges or others have
opportunities taken away from them based on race. Prejudice is based on an individual
level. Institutional racism is racism within society's institutions such as judicial
institutions or political institutions.
How does Bonilla-Silva define racial power? - Answers -power is defined here as a
racial group's capacity to push for it's racial interest in relation to other races (pg8)
From Bonilla-Silva, how do we inadvertently justify the continued second-class status of
minorities? - Answers -racism is an ideology that emerged with chattel slavery and
other forms of class oppression to justify the unfair treatment of people of color and
survives as a residue of the past. They do so by ultimately subordinating racial matter to
class matters.
According to Farley, what types of behavior perpetuate inequality? - Answers -?? c.
Three types of prejudice:
(1) Cognitive: what a person or group of
persons believe is true about another
person/group
(2) Affective: what is liked or disliked by a
person or group
(3) Conative: how a person or group is likely
to behave (a desire to discriminate)
?? 8. Scapegoating (displaced aggression): when a person or group takes out their
feelings of frustration and aggression on someone other than the true source
??Persons of all ages adopt concepts of prejudice through rewards and punishments
(for example someone may gain membership in a desired group for outwardly
displaying prejudice against another group - like gay bashing or using racial epithets
According to Farley, in what age range do we adopt prejudicial concepts through
rewards and punishments? - Answers ---Persons of all ages adopt concepts of
prejudice through rewards and punishments (for example someone may gain
, membership in a desired group for outwardly displaying prejudice against another group
- like gay bashing or using racial epithets
--Parents, peers, schools, and media transmit values to young persons/children
intentionally and unintentionally (Modeling Theory: Albert Bandura)
What groups are more likely to perceive the American system as fair? - Answers -**
whites are more typically prone to perceive the American system to be fairer than
minorities perceive the system
--Low income/low education = show more prejudice Mid-high income/education = show
less prejudice
Know the difference between ideological and material perspectives (from lecture notes).
- Answers -• Material Paradigm: variation in behavior and cultural practices are
primarily due to variations in history, geography, and access to scarce resources. Partly
influenced by a groups' relationship with the power structure. The material perspective
equates variation in the ideas with a group's access to resources, and history (historical
colonization). Groups of people or populations are not inherently different from one
another.
-groups of people are not inherently different from one another- material influences have
determined historical processes and unique relations with the power structure
• Ideological Paradigm: variations in behavior and cultural practice among and across
social groups are due to varying ideas. New ideas by individuals create greater social
change. The ideological perspective becomes problematic when varying ideas are
perceived to be superior by one group and become equated with greater or superior
intellect in that group, and lesser intellect in other groups. A Mexican man is
apprehended in an attempt to cross the Mexican-American border.
Understand CW Mills' Sociological Imagination (from lecture notes) - Answers -The
sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene
in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of
individuals
What are the Maquiladoras in Norther Mexico? (from lecture notes) - Answers -
Maquiladoras are manufacturing operations in Mexico, where factories import certain
material and equipment on a duty free and tariff-free basis for assembly, processing or
manufacturing and the export the assembled, sometimes back to the raw materials
country of orgin
Think about both behavioral and structural sources of prejudice and what may alleviate
prejudice such as social norms, rules, and laws (Farley). - Answers -1. Personality
(authoritarian parents)
2. Culture (beliefs, norms)
3. Environment (community, family, friends) we do not know different when we are
younger, so we lack information to argue against stereotypes, prejudice, or racism.
4. Level of belief in prejudice (personal)
5. Social structure (rules, laws, segregation)
What does Bonilla-Silva in "Rethinking Racism" say about education and racism? How
does he distinguish racism from mental quirks? - Answers -education is also the choice
"pill" prescribed by marxists for healing workers from racism
-removal of systemic roots, can be done democratically or only through revolutionary
means is an open and one that depends on the particular racial structure of the society
in question
From both Bonilla-Silva and Farley, what characterizes a racialized social system? -
Answers -A society in which certain races are given privileges or others have
opportunities taken away from them based on race. Prejudice is based on an individual
level. Institutional racism is racism within society's institutions such as judicial
institutions or political institutions.
How does Bonilla-Silva define racial power? - Answers -power is defined here as a
racial group's capacity to push for it's racial interest in relation to other races (pg8)
From Bonilla-Silva, how do we inadvertently justify the continued second-class status of
minorities? - Answers -racism is an ideology that emerged with chattel slavery and
other forms of class oppression to justify the unfair treatment of people of color and
survives as a residue of the past. They do so by ultimately subordinating racial matter to
class matters.
According to Farley, what types of behavior perpetuate inequality? - Answers -?? c.
Three types of prejudice:
(1) Cognitive: what a person or group of
persons believe is true about another
person/group
(2) Affective: what is liked or disliked by a
person or group
(3) Conative: how a person or group is likely
to behave (a desire to discriminate)
?? 8. Scapegoating (displaced aggression): when a person or group takes out their
feelings of frustration and aggression on someone other than the true source
??Persons of all ages adopt concepts of prejudice through rewards and punishments
(for example someone may gain membership in a desired group for outwardly
displaying prejudice against another group - like gay bashing or using racial epithets
According to Farley, in what age range do we adopt prejudicial concepts through
rewards and punishments? - Answers ---Persons of all ages adopt concepts of
prejudice through rewards and punishments (for example someone may gain
, membership in a desired group for outwardly displaying prejudice against another group
- like gay bashing or using racial epithets
--Parents, peers, schools, and media transmit values to young persons/children
intentionally and unintentionally (Modeling Theory: Albert Bandura)
What groups are more likely to perceive the American system as fair? - Answers -**
whites are more typically prone to perceive the American system to be fairer than
minorities perceive the system
--Low income/low education = show more prejudice Mid-high income/education = show
less prejudice
Know the difference between ideological and material perspectives (from lecture notes).
- Answers -• Material Paradigm: variation in behavior and cultural practices are
primarily due to variations in history, geography, and access to scarce resources. Partly
influenced by a groups' relationship with the power structure. The material perspective
equates variation in the ideas with a group's access to resources, and history (historical
colonization). Groups of people or populations are not inherently different from one
another.
-groups of people are not inherently different from one another- material influences have
determined historical processes and unique relations with the power structure
• Ideological Paradigm: variations in behavior and cultural practice among and across
social groups are due to varying ideas. New ideas by individuals create greater social
change. The ideological perspective becomes problematic when varying ideas are
perceived to be superior by one group and become equated with greater or superior
intellect in that group, and lesser intellect in other groups. A Mexican man is
apprehended in an attempt to cross the Mexican-American border.
Understand CW Mills' Sociological Imagination (from lecture notes) - Answers -The
sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene
in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of
individuals
What are the Maquiladoras in Norther Mexico? (from lecture notes) - Answers -
Maquiladoras are manufacturing operations in Mexico, where factories import certain
material and equipment on a duty free and tariff-free basis for assembly, processing or
manufacturing and the export the assembled, sometimes back to the raw materials
country of orgin
Think about both behavioral and structural sources of prejudice and what may alleviate
prejudice such as social norms, rules, and laws (Farley). - Answers -1. Personality
(authoritarian parents)
2. Culture (beliefs, norms)
3. Environment (community, family, friends) we do not know different when we are
younger, so we lack information to argue against stereotypes, prejudice, or racism.
4. Level of belief in prejudice (personal)
5. Social structure (rules, laws, segregation)
