Rojas
What term did Martin Luther King Jr use in his famous 1963 Lincoln Memorial speech to emphasize the collective experience of oppression faced by different ethnic American communities?
Citizens of Color
According to Wendy Chang, approximately what percentage of Asian American and Latina/o students made up Alhambra High's student body the year Robin wrote his column?
90%
Who is credited with coining the term Intersectionality?
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Based on median pay, which female ethnic group earns the closest to every dollar earned by White Men?
Asian American Women
A metaphor for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or disadvantage sometimes compound themselves and create obstacles that often are not understood among conventional ways of thinking.
Intersectionality
What type of concepts are often determined by racialized attitudes about skin tone?
Beauty and Acceptance
According to Wendy Cheng, what system is a central component that enhances the segregation at Alhambra High?
Educational Tracking Systems
How many times more likely are Black girls suspended than White girls?
6X
Which degree level has the smallest gender pay gap?
Bachelor's Degree
Structures that rule society. They are organizations or entities that reproduce the norms, expectations, and functions to meet the social needs of society.
Social Institutions
Who is quoted as saying, "identity is the bane of subjectivity's existence"
Sidonie Smith
What term describes the commonly held stereotype that Asian Americans excel in education?
Model Minority Myth
From the 1950s to the 1970s, what was the return on investment (ROI) for every $1 spent on funding the GI Bill?
$7
How many structures make up the system of social institutions?
Five
The idea that ignoring or overlooking racial and ethnic differences promotes racial harmony.
Colorblindness
After her encounter in the park, what did Rojas claim she experienced?
The Power of Body Politics
What nickname was given to the industrial arts/shop class at Alhambra High?
Juvenile Hall
In the Vice News segment, which Sandra Cisneros' banned book can be seen at the Underground Library?
The House on Mango Street
Which of the five "social institutions" closely resembles and prepares individuals for a typical workday?
Education
Substituting terms describing racial identity with seemingly race-neutral terms that disguise explicit and/or implicit racial animus.
Coded Language
Finish the Quote:
Assimilation teaches that difference is ...
Bad
What term does Jose Esteban Munoz theorize and describe as an act of refusal of dominant narratives?
Disidentification
Name the strategist who, under Ronald Reagan, employed dog whistle politics to undermine public education and integration.
Lee Atwater
What descriptive term does Maythee Rojas use to explain the oppressive nature of "hegemony?"
Monster Mechanism
Describes how individuals from marginalized groups, particularly queer people of color, negotiate their identities within dominant culture. It's a strategy that acknowledges the power of dominant ideologies while simultaneously working to transform and subvert them, rather than simply accepting or rejecting them outright.
Disidentification