Using Racial Classification of Individuals and Groups to Justify Enslavement

question 12

Multiple Choice

Using racial classification of individuals and groups to justify enslavement, stripping away or restricting the right to vote or access to citizenship, passing Jim Crow segregation laws, and instituting 21^st century racial profiling policies are all examples of what type of racial politics in the United States?

• A) Racial hegemony
• B) Racial democracy
• C) Racial despotism .
• D) Racial diversity
• E) Racial pragmatism

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Definitions:

Cytoplasm

The gel-like substance inside a cell, excluding the nucleus, containing organelles in which the cell's processes occur.

Activators

Proteins that bind to specific DNA sites to increase the likelihood of transcription of a particular gene.

Transcription

The act of transferring the encoded information from a DNA strand into a novel molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA).

RNA Interference

Mechanism in which RNA molecules interfere with gene expression by preventing translation of specific mRNAs.