Which of the Following Is an Example of What a Person

question 38

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of what a person might say if they were expressing what Eduardo Bonilla-Silva describes as a "minimization" argument in his book Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America?

• A) "People prefer to live among others of their own race or ethnicity, so segregation in housing and schools isn't anyone's fault."
• B) "Everyone has an equal chance of success in America!"
• C) "People of color have different values, and those values, not differences in opportunity or experiences of racism, make them poor."
• D) "Since we ended slavery and legal segregation, racism no longer exists-which means that if people of color aren't succeeding, it is their own fault."

---

Definitions:

Iris

The iris is the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil and controls the amount of light entering the eye by adjusting the size of the pupil.

Amacrine Cells

Specialized cells in the retina that connect bipolar cells to ganglion cells and are involved in the integration and processing of visual information.

Retinal Ganglion Cells

Neurons located in the retina of the eye that receive visual information from photoreceptors and transmit it to the brain.

Bipolar Cells

A type of neuron in the retina that conveys signals from the photoreceptors to the ganglion cells, directly involved in visual processing.