Multiculturalism - Quiz 7 Outline and Essay Questions

OUTLINE: Interracial and Interclass Relationships

- What are the problems faced by the couple (Dan Croteau and Cate Woolner) in Lewin’s article?

- What are the reasons for the decline in people marrying people from different class backgrounds over

the last 30 years? What are the consequences of this trend?

- According to Bellafante, what are the reasons for the popularity of interclass “Cinderella/Cinderfella”

stories in American popular culture?

- What is the Supreme Court case that overthrows all anti-miscegenation laws? In what year?

- Which groups/populations in the United States have comparatively higher intermarriage rates?

- Approximately what percent of Latinos, Asians, and non-Hispanic Blacks marry outside their

race?

- According to Kennedy, why do many Black women oppose interracial marriage?

- What are Patterson’s arguments for increasing interracial marriage among Blacks?

- According to the college students interviewed by Childs, what are the reasons for:

a) Opposition to interracial marriage by White parents?

b) Opposition to interracial marriage by Black parents?

- How was the tragic mulatto depicted in Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s?

- According to Davidson and Taylor, what is the general appeal of sexual tourism to “Westerners”?

- In Davidson and Taylor’s research on sex tourism, how do 1) Western men and 2) Western women

perceive non-Western prostitutes?

- What is meant by the term “projection”?

ESSAY QUESTIONS

1. As discussed in class, what are Patterson’s arguments for increasing the interracial marriage rate among Blacks? According to the college students interviewed by Childs, why do, respectively, many 1) Black and 2) White parents oppose interracial intermarriage? Do you think a majority of parents between the ages of 40 and 60 still oppose interracial marriage? In your opinion, what is the most common reason why a parent in 2009 would object to interracial marriage? Elaborate.

2. As cited in the Lewin piece and discussed in class, what kind of difficulties do Dan Croteau and Cate Woolner face because of their different class backgrounds? Describe the reasons (as well as the larger societal consequences of this trend) why there has been an increase in the number of people marrying people from similar class and educational backgrounds. Do you think this trend will continue over the next 20-25 years? According to Bellafante (see handout), what are the reasons for the continued popularity of “Cinderella” films? Do you think a significant number of women and men in contemporary America would like to be real-life “Cinderella/Cinderfellas”? Explain.

3. How do Davidson and Taylor explain the popularity of “sex tourism” amongst Westerners? In particular, how do 1) western male and 2) western female sex tourists view prostitutes, and their relationships with them, in the Caribbean? Given class discussions and your own impressions, do you believe that the American mass media (specifically film and fictional television shows) still tends to sexually exoticize racial/ethnic male and female minorities? Try to be fairly specific in your answer.

Responsible for: Kromkowski: Article 17

Childs: (pps. 335-343); Poulson-Bryant (pps. 5-15); Matthews (pp. 74 from handout);

De Stefano: (pps. 31-33)