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Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e

Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Creating Classrooms that Address Race and Ethnicity

True or False


1	According to the authors, there is increasing evidence that there is no biological basis to race.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld the doctrine that "separate but equal" facilities (including schools) for Blacks and Whites were constitutionally permissible.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	The term phenotype is used to define race when the concept of race is intended to reflect shared genetic material among a group of people.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Cross-cultural research has demonstrated the unfortunate effects of using assessment instruments, developed and normed for one culture, to assess another cultural group.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	The process of categorization is an affective component of prejudice formation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	According to the Dictionary of Multicultural Education, hate groups are any organized body that denigrates select groups of people based on their ethnicity, race, or sexual orientation or that advocates the use of violence against such groups or their members for the purposes of scapegoating.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	All hate groups support the work of the Ku Klux Klan.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The instance of a police officer stopping a Black male driver for a minor traffic violation based on the driver's race is an example of racial profiling.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Educational research literature does not support concerted efforts to reduce prejudice.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	As intergroup relations between students are improved in the school setting these improved relations are always extended to surrounding contexts such as neighborhoods and social situations.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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