SAGE News Clips: Jim Crow Museum of Racist MemorabiliaThis video discusses the recent opening of the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia on the campus of Ferris State University in Michigan. Led by the efforts of Dr. David Pilgrim, who began collecting symbols of racism during his childhood in Alabama, the museum serves not as a shrine to racism, but as a tool to educate and provoke critical thinking among attendees about the mistreatment of African Americans. Now 9,000 pieces strong, the new museum has found a permanent home.Click on the above link to access the Interactive eBook. Once you've signed in, scroll to page 59, and watch the video. When you've finished watching the video, come back to the test, and answer the following questions:Why do leading scholars refer to race as a
"well-founded fiction"?
A. Everyone talks about race, but it has little significance in society.
B. There is little evidence that race exists in a biological sense, but concepts of race are entrenched in social institutions.
C. Concepts of race are static, but there is little evidence that race exists in a biological sense.
D. Race categories do not take ethnicity into consideration.
Answer: B
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