Why, according to Katheryn Russell, are the terms “white crime” and “white-on-white crime” not often used? What, according to at least one of the authors we have read, is the relationship between the school system and the prison industrial complex? W.E.B. Du Bois asserts that “it was blackness that was condemned and not crime” (188). In what ways is this statement relevant today?

What, according to at least one of the authors we have read, is the difference between race and ethnicity? How, according to David Roediger, did racial dynamics change at the turn of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries? Do you agree that White people “bear an inescapable responsibility” for the past and/or present? (Baldwin 1).

What, for Kimberlé Crenshaw, are the effects of the doctrine of color blindness? What, for at least one of the authors we have read, is the psychological impact of racist ideology? Have universities become “too tolerant of the views and interests of African Americans and other people of color?” (Feagin, Vera, and Imani 2). Why or why not?

Why, according to Philip Deloria, did people “play Indian?” What did the claiming of an aboriginal American identity accomplish for society members? How, according to Matt Wray and Annalee Newitz, does the white trash stereotype operate?

How do Simon Clarke and Steve Garner define whiteness studies? How, according to Woody Doane, are color-blind racism and white hegemony connected? Janet Helms writes that many White people have “lost his or her links to a specific ethnic past” (11). To what extent do you agree with this argument?

In what ways, for Mary Waters, are social mobility and declining racial and ethnic sensitivity closely associated? What consequences, according to at least one of the authors we have read, occur when whiteness is viewed as cultureless or postcultural? Do you agree that “in the United States the concept of who is an American is often conflated with who is white?” (Kivel 22). Why or why not?

What, for at least one of the authors we have read, is the difference between prejudice and racism? How, according to Barbara Trepagnier, does silent racism differ from prejudice? In your own words, explain the difference between active and passive racism. 

(3 pts) Solve the problem.A student is told to work any 5 out of 8 questions on an exam. In how many different ways can he complete the exam? (The correctness of his answers has no bearing.)

Using at least two course readings, discuss the relationship between Social Darwinism and environmental racism. How, according to Eric Avila, was southern California’s image of whiteness constructed? What role did the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) play in shaping neighborhoods?

Find the average rate of change of the function. (4 pts)f(x) = 2×2 – 3x from x = -2 to x = 2.