Question 1

Studies of top colleges and universities have found:

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Studies have shown that black students are more underrepresented at top colleges and universities now compared to 35 years ago.

Question 2

In 2017-2018 alone, many predominantly white campuses experienced a great array of racist incidents and events, including:

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All the options listed (A, B, C, D) are examples of racist incidents and events that have occurred on predominantly white campuses during the 2017-2018 period, making E (All the above) the correct answer.

Question 3

A recent study by sociologists Ruben May and Pat Goldsmith found that:

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The answer of A recent study by sociologists Ruben May...

Question 4

Studies of discrimination in restaurants revealed:

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All the choices (A, B, C, D) describe different aspects of discrimination against African Americans in restaurants, including poor service, seating at undesirable tables, negative stereotypes, and racist comments or code words used by staff.

Question 5

One Gallup poll found that _____ of black shoppers felt they were not treated as well as whites in downtown or mall stores.

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The answer of One Gallup poll found that _____ of...

Question 6

A report by the New Jersey Citizen Action group cited data for that state, and nationally, that showed financing mark-up charges for black buyers averaged _______ percent higher than for white buyers.

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The answer of A report by the New Jersey Citizen...

Question 7

The DOS commands of "master" disk and "slave" disk prompt, as _________ points out, reinscribe the master/slave narrative into the level of computer code.

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Anna Everett is the scholar who points out that the DOS commands of "master" and "slave" disk prompt reinscribe the master/slave narrative into the level of computer code.

Question 8

A study of a diverse group of 264 teenagers found:

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All the choices provided (A, B, C, D) describe findings that could plausibly come from a study on the experiences of teenagers with racial hostility and discrimination online, including direct experiences of racialized mistreatment, witnessing such mistreatment, and the negative impacts of discrimination on mental health.

Question 9

A study of a diverse group of 264 teenagers found that youth of color had directly experienced racial hostility and other racialized mistreatment online:

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Youth of color experience racial hostility and other forms of racialized mistreatment across various online platforms, including social network sites, discussion forums, online gaming, and through text messaging. This broad range of experiences reflects the pervasive nature of online racism.

Question 10

Data on ________ mortality provide a dramatic indication of the great impact of accumulating racism on African Americans.

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Infant mortality rates are often used as a key indicator of the overall health of a population and can reflect the impact of social determinants, including racism, on health outcomes. African Americans have historically had higher infant mortality rates compared to other racial groups, highlighting the effects of systemic racism.

Question 11

The most recent black infant mortality rate is _________ the white infant mortality rate.

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The answer of The most recent black infant mortality rate...

Question 12

Research, including a major 2017 survey, reveal:

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All the choices (A, B, C, D) are correct as they each describe different aspects of the discrimination and disparities faced by patients of color in the healthcare system, as revealed by research and surveys, including a major survey in 2017.

Question 13

One study of racial attitudes using the online Implicit Association Test (IAT) examined the responses of 2500 people who self-identified as physicians and found all the following EXCEPT:

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The statement about white and black physicians showing an implicit dislike of Latino immigrants is not mentioned in the context of the study on racial attitudes using the IAT, which focused on preferences between whites and blacks.

Question 14

A Harvard study examined the connection between explicit and unconscious racial bias of 287 Boston and Atlanta physicians and their thrombolysis recommendations for white and black patients.

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The correct answer is D because all the statements accurately summarize findings from studies examining physicians' biases and their impact on medical decision-making. A) indicates that physicians did not show explicit racial bias, B) reveals that implicit bias was detected through the Implicit Association Test, and C) connects the level of implicit bias to differences in treatment recommendations, all of which are consistent with research findings on the subject.

Question 15

Research by the pathbreaking researcher ___________ and his associates continues to demonstrate widespread problems with toxic wastes for communities of color, from San Francisco to Houston to New York City.

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Robert Bullard is considered the father of environmental justice, and his research has extensively documented the disproportionate impact of toxic waste and environmental hazards on communities of color across the United States.

Question 16

The use of _____________ has greatly changed the way we visualize, understand, and analyze racial bias within the United States and the globe.

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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have significantly transformed how racial bias is visualized, understood, and analyzed by enabling the mapping and analysis of spatial data related to demographics, socio-economic factors, and other relevant variables.

Question 17

Robert Bullard and Beverly Wright note that today the main government environmental protection approach:

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Robert Bullard and Beverly Wright have highlighted that the current approach to environmental protection by the government is characterized by systemic issues including racial inequity, unequal enforcement of laws, prioritizing profit over human health, and placing the burden of proof on those affected by pollution rather than on the polluters themselves. These points collectively indicate that all the options (A through D) are aspects of the critique they offer, making E the correct choice.

Question 18

Black residents are less likely to cross racial-territorial boundaries of towns and cities than white residents.

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The answer of Black residents are less likely to cross...

Question 19

Typically, blacks spend proportionately less time interacting with whites than whites spend interacting with blacks.

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The answer of Typically, blacks spend proportionately less time interacting...

Question 20

Segregation between places (e.g., city-suburb or suburb-suburb) may be increasing, even as overall metro-neighborhood segregation declines.

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This phenomenon occurs because while individual neighborhoods within metropolitan areas may become more diverse, leading to a decrease in neighborhood-level segregation, the broader patterns of where people live (e.g., which suburbs or city areas they choose) can still reflect and even enhance segregation along various lines such as race, income, or ethnicity. This means that larger scale segregation between different parts of a metro area can increase even as smaller scale segregation decreases.

Quiz 6: More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors