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True or False: Spot reinforces the norm of heterosexuality - ✔✔true
according to the chapter on social class and sport, the USA is a society which operates in a caste
system, not a class system - ✔✔False
the notion of a caste system is based on __________, whereas the notion of a class system is
based on ______________. - ✔✔ascribed status; achieved status
According to this theory of social class, social stratification and inequality in society and sport
organizations is necessary, justifiable, and legitimate. - ✔✔structural functionalist
According to this social class theory, as members of the labor class college athletes who
participate in big-time college sport are being economically exploited by those in the leisure
class - ✔✔conflict theory
According to this social class theory, sport is a social practice between fractions of the dominant
class over the definition, meaning, and interpretation of sport - ✔✔critical theory
According the chapter on social class and sport, all of the following EXCEPT __________ are
examples or "prole" sports - ✔✔Golf
_______________ represents the notion that people can advance and progress in life through
hard work - ✔✔meritocracy
According to lecture on social class, and sport, males in lower or working class families are more
likely to view sport as an avenue for direct social mobility - ✔✔true
, Which of the following scholars is credited with introducing the phrase and writing the book
entitled "Race Matters"? - ✔✔Cornell West
According to the chapter on "Race Matters", ______________ is a sociologist, considered to be
the pioneer of the sociology of sport as a subdiscipline, who embraced a critical approach to the
study of race in the domain of sport and sporting institutions - ✔✔Harry Edwards
According to chapter 14 on "Race Matters", the author argues that race is actually increasing in
significance in society and sport, not decreasing or declining, for which of the following reasons
- ✔✔Only A and B are correct
A. Whites continue to maintain inordinate amounts of power, privileges, and resources
B. the changing racial demographic landscape in the USA
(NOT C) C. The USA has become a post-racial society in the since the 2008 election of President
Obama
Critical race theory (CRT) is a framework for studying issues of race in society and sport and
includes all of the following tenets EXCEPT - ✔✔-embraces the notion of meritocracy
According to the definitions from lecture and chapter on "race matters", which of the following
would NOT be classified as a minority group in the American sport context today? -
✔✔Caucasians/Whites
to say that race is a social construct means it is something - ✔✔people create and ascribe
meanings and properties to for social, political, and economic reasons
Which of the following focuses on the hiring outcomes or composition of employees of
organizations in college and professional sport? - ✔✔Racial and Gender Report Card
Which of the following sportswriters stated in response to the controversy surrounding the
LeBron James "Decision", "As long as the NBA features predominantly black athletes playing for
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