Types/Theories

Question 1

Aversive

Answer 1

Attempts to avoid people of color, or to be formal, correct, or cold in dealing with them

Question 2

Biological

Answer 2

Once popular view that humanity is divided into 4 or 5 major groups, corresponding to objective and real physical differences

Question 3

Colorblind*

Answer 3

Belief that one should treat all persons equally, without regard to race and that taking note of race in any situation is race

Question 4

Dominative

Answer 4

Acts of hostility or force to keep people of color down

Question 5

Hegemonic/False Consciousness

Answer 5

Domination of the ruling class, and unconscious acceptance of that state of affairs by those not of it

Question 6

Idealist/Ideological

Answer 6

Beliefs about people or groups tat deem them inferior. Some think that changing those beliefs will rid society of racism

Question 7

Institutional/Structural*

Answer 7

Tolerating social structures and rules, usually put in place long ago, that benefit whites and disadvantage minorities

Question 8

Internal Colonialism

Answer 8

Treating domestic minorities as though they were actual colonies: suppressing their culture, exploiting their labor, using some of them as overseers, etc.

Question 9

Materialist/Economic Determinist

Answer 9

Racism as a collection of social practices and policies that give the dominant race, collectively and individually, greater access to material and psychic benefits

Question 10

Nativism

Answer 10

View that certain groups in the US don’t deserve equal treatment, either bc they aren’t citizens or are a suspicious, foreign group

Question 11

Psychoanalytic

Answer 11

Racism as a fixation or developmental arrest that associates other races with dirt, excrement, bogeymen, nightmares, etc

Question 12

Rational or Statistical

Answer 12

Treating others on the basis of statistical generalization (cab drivers don’t stop for black men)

Question 13

Unconscious*

Answer 13

Behavior that emanates from beliefs held at an unconscious or subtle level

Question 14

Social Contact Theory

Answer 14

Place people of different colors in groups pursuing common objectives (sports or the military)

Question 15

Confrontation Theory

Answer 15

Most Americans are ambivalent about race–they hold private values that are ignoble and public ones that are idealistic and noble (all men are brothers).

To strengthen the public values, enact rules punishing the expression of racism in conduct, so that the impulse will wither over time.