SOC 323 CMU FINAL EXAM STUDY GUDIE SOLUTIONS

SOC 323 CMU FINAL EXAM STUDY GUDIE SOLUTIONS Cinethetic Racism - Ans:-Characterized by the presence of more non-whites, interracial cooperation, and the superficial empowerment of historically marginalized people, which actually misrepresents the extent of racial progress in society. Deviant - Ans:-Departing from the societal norm. Controlling Images - Ans:-A term introduced by Patricia Hill Collins that refers to the stereotypical images found throughout society that are a major instrument of power as they work to make racism, sexism, and poverty normal and natural. Minstrel Shows - Ans:-The most popular form of entertainment between the 1830s and 1910, designed to appeal to white audiences, who flocked to see white performers blacken their skin with burnt cork and exaggerate their lips with red makeup to portray black characters, or at least black characters in the white imagination. Conflict Theory - Ans:-The idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general. ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/8 Racial Frame - Ans:-An organized set of racial ideas, narratives, stereotypes, images, emotions, and inclinations to discriminate. Racial Profiling - Ans:-When race is the primary reason for a person to come under police officer suspicion. Pretextual Traffic Stops - Ans:-When police stop someone for a minor traffic violation and then use the stop to search for drugs. Prison Industrial Complex - Ans:-The interconnectedness of politicians, government, and private industry and and the incentives associated with a commitment to increasing spending on the prison industry. "War on Drugs" Political Movement - Ans:-a.) The greatest factor contributing to prison population b.) Very high sentencing rates of black men has is parallel to drug use in the black community c.) The Reagan administration declared "War on Drugs" in 1982 Hidden Tax - Ans:-Taxes that are imposed on a transaction such as using a phone, renting a car and purchasing gasoline rather than a person or business. Many individuals don't realize they are actually paying hidden fees. Voting Restriction - Ans:-Poll taxes, literacy test, grandfather clause, property requirements aimed at disenfranchising black voters. ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/8 G.I. Bill - Ans:-Law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy homes and pay for higher educations like college. Sundown Town - Ans:-A town that keeps out African Americans (or Mexican, Chinese Americans) by posting signs warning them to leave by sundown, and by other methods such as police intimidation. Racial Wealth Gap - Ans:-The gap in wealth accumulation between whites and people of color. Racial Wage Gap - Ans:-White workers earn more than nonwhite workers even when controlling for education, skills, and experience. Deindustrialization - Ans:-An economic development of late capitalism in which manufacturing jobs moved from norther and Midwestern cities to the nonunionized South or to Third World locations, to take advantage of cheaper labor. Thus, cities could no longer rely on