Re: The racial identity of South Asians has long been a subject of some
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18 Jan 2022, 02:49
Paraphrasing:
Para 1: The racial identity of South Asians, controversy in the United States
Para 2: like south Asian identify controversy, Irish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Filipino, that at first seems to have no clear place for them, confronting at American racial landscape
Para 3: recent development South Asians are classified under Asian' category, views of F. James Davis, Rosemary Marangoly George, and Nazli Kibria
Para 4: the socio-historical process, a racial formation is a macro-level process and the culmination of myriad individual encounters. South Asian Americans may offer unusual insight into this process of racial formation.
1. The main topic of the passage is
Explanation: as mentioned in passage,
highlights more about the south Asians in the US, about racial identification.
“The racial identity of South Asians has long been a subject of some controversy in the United States”
“South Asian confronting an American racial landscape that at first seems to have no clear place for them”
“The racial classification of South Asians in the United States is still in flux.”
“South Asian Americans may offer unusual insight into this process of racial formation”
(A) the socio-historical process by which racial categories are created
Wrong: Irrelevant, as it is only mentioned in the passage, but more details are not mentioned or elaborated to come to conclusion
(B) the racial status of ambiguous non-whites in the United States
Wrong: Out of scope
(C) census bureau classifications in the United States
Wrong: Out of Scope
(D) the process of racial formation as exemplified by
the case of the South Asians in the United States
Wrong: Trap! Racial formation is yet to be formed, currently categories under “Asian”
(E) the racial identity of South Asians in the United States
Correct – as per supporting sentence mention above from the passage.
2. The author mentions the Irish most likely in order to
Explanation: as mentioned in the passage,
“Not only does the diversity of the United States' contemporary immigrant pool
ensure a steady influx of people who do not fit easily into the traditional black/white dichotomy,
but in the past as well,
immigrants tested, stretched and molded the nation's conceptions of racial categories.
As Ignatiev has shown, Irish immigrants were not considered white
until well after their arrival in the United States,
and this was true of other European groups as well.”
(A) prove how flexible racial categories can be over time - Correct
(B) suggest that they may not really be white Wrong: – Irrelevant
(C) counter the claim that all non-Africans are white Wrong: – Out of scope, no such data mentioned in it.
(D) suggest that South Asians follow their example Wrong: – No such mentioned in the passage
(E) differentiate between them and immigrants from China, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines
Wrong: No Such details in the passage
3. The information in the passage suggests that in the early twentieth century,
it would have been difficult for a person from which of the following ethnic groups to obtain citizenship?
Explanation: bases on sentence mentioned in the passage,
” Japanese, Chinese, and Filipino applicants who were not,
the verdict on the racial classification of Indians changed from case to case.
American uncertainty over South Asian racial identity has also been mirrored in
the Census Bureau's frequent changes in its classification of this group”
So, it’s either a Filipino or a Japanese or a Chinese – Option B, or Option C
(A) A Briton – Not mentioned in the passage
(B) A Filipino – Correct - Might be trap!
(C) A Japanese – Correct - Might be trap!
(D) An Armenian - were considered white for the purposes of citizenship acquisition,
(E) An American of African descent – Not mentioned in the passage
Between B and C - any one option is correct
But Option B - might be, as Filipino can be dispute, as a part to which side of South asia or East asia, as
"American uncertainty over South Asian racial identity has also been mirrored in the Census Bureau's
frequent changes in its classification of this group", where else Japan is clear with "East Asian"
4. According to the author, which of the following is true of racial formation?
Explanation: as mentioned in the passage,
“The socio-historical process by which racial categories are
created,
inhabited,
transformed,
and destroyed',
racial formation is both a macro-level process and the culmination of myriad individual encounters.”
(A) It is an irreversible process – cannot be inferred from the passage
(B) It is a social-historical process – correct, as per information mentioned in the passage
(C) It offers unusual insight into South Asians – cannot be inferred from the passage
(D) It offers unusual insight into the human race. – Out of scope
(E) Itis a racist practice – irrelevant