When Civil Rights Issues Come Up for a Popular Vote

question 52

Multiple Choice

When civil rights issues come up for a popular vote (in states with initiative and referendum) , the result is that

• A) civil rights are overwhelmingly supported by the voters.
• B) surprising levels of tolerance are demonstrated.
• C) people regularly support elite attitudes of tolerance.
• D) the anti-civil rights side regularly wins.

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Definitions:

Institutional Discrimination

Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affects all members of a group who come into contact with it.

Jim Crow Laws

Racial segregation laws enacted in the Southern United States after the Reconstruction period, lasting until the mid-20th century, that enforced discrimination against African Americans.

Separate Facilities

Spaces or services provided separately for different groups of people, often based on race, gender, or other social categories, historically associated with discrimination.

Internalized Racism

The personal conscious or subconscious acceptance of the racial stereotypes and biases of the dominant culture, causing individuals to act against their own ethnic group.