Which of the Following Statements Concerning Racism Is NOT True

question 14

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning racism is NOT true?

• A)Racism is a form of prejudice focusing on physical variations between people.
• B)Racist attitudes became entrenched during the period of Western colonial expansion.
• C)Racist attitudes rest on mechanisms of prejudice and discrimination found in human societies today.
• D)Racism can refer to explicit beliefs in racial supremacy such as the systems established in Nazi Germany, before the civil rights movement in the United States, and in South Africa under apartheid.
• E)Racism resides in the individual conscious only.

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Definitions:

Muscle Contractions

The process by which muscle fibers shorten and generate tension in response to a stimulus, producing movement or maintaining posture.

Isometric

Pertaining to the contraction of a muscle without significant change in length, typically involved in exercises where the joint angle and muscle length do not change.

Isotonic

Referring to a solution that has the same salt concentration as the cells and blood of the body, or to muscle contractions where muscle length changes under a constant load.

Muscle Fibers

Muscle fibers are the individual contractile units within skeletal muscle, consisting of myofibrils that enable muscles to contract and generate movement.