Question 1

On key votes, why did most northern delegations vote with southern delegations?

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Question 2

Discuss how whites often described their own sociopolitical condition as one of actual or potential slavery.

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Question 3

Generally speaking, according to the "founders," were Indigenous peoples part of the new nation? Explain.

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Question 4

Politicians, columnists, teachers, lawyers, executives, and ordinary Americans routinely cite the U.S. Constitution, and the founders' actions, as the glory of U.S. society. Explain how this is revisionist history.

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Question 5

Discuss how the elite framers reinforced and legitimated a system of racial oppression that they thought would ensure that whites, especially men of means, would rule for centuries.

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Question 6

Discuss how the white male founders' decisions and understandings still shape our lives in a great many ways.

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Question 7

The social and political system the "founders" created was riddled with contradictions that have surfaced repeatedly over the course of U.S. history. Discuss.

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Question 8

Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey write: "The combination of white freedom and black enslavement is radically contradictory." Explain.

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Question 9

Various contemporary U.S. analysts argue that it is unfair to judge early white enslavers by contemporary standards. Take the opposing side and explain why these contemporary U.S. analysts are mistaken.

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Question 10

Analyzing Europe's colonization of Africa, what did W.E.B. DuBois demonstrate?

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Question 11

W.E.B. Du Bois offered some of the first sociological analyses of a globalizing capitalism and imperialism. Writing of the years around 1900, what did he argue?

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Question 12

Describe how thinker-activists Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. Du Bois long ago put white society and its established institutions at the center of critical analyses of white racism.

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Question 13

Mainstream social scientists have often examined the paired ideas of racial prejudice and discrimination. Explain why making heavy use of concepts such as prejudice, stereotyping, bias, and bigotry are skewed in practice toward an individualistic, cognitive, and/or non-systemic interpretation of racial issues.

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Question 14

Compare the black intellectual and activist tradition's systemic view of U.S. racism to mainstream social science research.

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Question 15

Explain the link between the impoverishment (economic and otherwise) of African Americans and the enrichment and prosperity of white Americans.

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Question 16

Discuss how undeserved impoverishment and enrichment get transmitted and institutionalized over many generations.

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Question 17

Explain how slavery's impact extended well beyond the local and national economy.

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Question 18

Illustrate what Joe Feagin and Kimberley Ducey mean when they write: "Systemic racism is about more than the construction of racial definitions, attitudes, and identities. It is centrally about the creation, development, and maintenance of white privilege, economic wealth, and sociopolitical power over centuries. It is about hierarchical interaction and dominance."

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Question 19

Describe conservative white political officials' questioning of reparative and affirmative action. Using systemic racism theory, explain why such questioning is flawed.

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Question 20

Recent national opinion surveys find that three-quarters of whites oppose affirmative action in college admissions when such admissions directly consider racial backgrounds to promote campus diversity. Using systemic racism theory, explain why such reasoning is in contradiction to genuine democracy and liberty.

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Quiz 1: Systemic Racism-A Comprehensive Perspective