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When are Americans officially assigned to a specific "racial" group?
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at birth
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b)
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when they enter school
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c)
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never
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| 2. |
Which group of Americans is more likely to believe that official ethnic/racial classification and life-long tracking is unnecessary?
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ethnic/racial minorities
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b)
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European Americans
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c)
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Both of the above
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| 3. |
The current official state and national government practice in the U.S. is to force everyone into one of a number of specific "racial" categories for the national census, hiring goals, college admission records, etc. Which of the following statements is true regarding this process?
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Ultimately, these categories are based on the false assumption that somewhere there are pure "races".
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b)
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There is nothing arbitrary about how we get assigned a specific group identity.
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c)
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The "racial" category that is selected for birth certificates and national census reporting does not change with the social situation or historical changes.
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| 4. |
The number of multi-racial children in America:
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has remained about the same during the last decade
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b)
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has increased slightly during the last decade
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c)
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has doubled each of the last 3 decades
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| 5. |
Opposition to a "multi-racial" category being added to the year 2000 census
came mainly from:
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racial/ethnic rights organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Council of La Raza
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b)
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anthropologists
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c)
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multi-racial and multi-ethnic rights organizations
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| 6. |
In the 2000 U.S. Census,
about how many Americans chose to identify themselves
as having more than one race?
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a)
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7,000,000 |
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b)
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20,000,000 |
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c)
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200,000,000 |
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| 7. |
In the past, which of the following groups was sometimes identified as "white" or "European" by American government agencies and other public institutions?
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a)
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Filipino
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b)
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Hawaiian
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East Indian
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| 8. |
Which of the following societies officially used the fewest "racial" categories?
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South Africa during the "apartheid" era (i.e., until the early 1990's)
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b)
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Spanish colonial America
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c)
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French colonial Haiti
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| 9. |
Which of the following group identity categories is not broken down into subgroups by the U.S. Census?
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a)
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"White"
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b)
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Asian
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c)
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Pacific Islander
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