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Research has established that?

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70% of all violent crimes against Whites are perpetrated by Whites.

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The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups based on test scores is called?

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tracking.

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Why do conflict theorists find the higher arrest rate of African Americans to be unsurprising?

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The group is disproportionately poor and unable to hire private attorneys.

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Blacks are more likely to suffer from ________ than Whites, perhaps due to racial tensions?

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hypertension.

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Only ________ percent of all doctorates awarded in 2008 were to African Americans?

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6.1.

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The view that prejudice and discrimination contribute to health care problems is taken by which of the?

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conflict.

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Which of the following describes a strength of the Black family, according to Robert Hill?

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Compared with working class Whites, they push their children to attend college. Churches are often behind grassroots organizations. Black women are often self-reliant.

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Black family life has been observed to have all of the following EXCEPT?

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a patriarchal structure.

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Crimes against African Americans are viewed as less meaningful due to?

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victim discounting.

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The percent of violent crimes against Whites perpetrated by Whites?

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70%.

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According to ________, "class has become more important than race in determining black life-chances in the

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William Julius Wilson.

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According to a 2003 Harvard University study, ________ Black students attend apartheid schools in the U.S.?

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Franklin Frazier.

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In general, housing for Blacks ?

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is of lower quality as measured by plumbing facilities. requires a higher percentage of income than Whites pay. is inferior in quality to White housing at all income levels.

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African Americans have?

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higher unemployment rates.

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Rosie, a Latina student, is signed up for vocational classes beginning in middle school; her counselors steer her toward more vocational classes in high school instead of toward college preparatory classes. This phenomenon is an example of?

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de jure segregation.

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Which of the following describes underemployment?

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Jerry received a Master's degree in engineering but worked as a technician when he couldn't find a job as.

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Reasons identified as contributing to residential segregation in the United States include?

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prejudiced policies of some real estate companies. ineffective enforcement of anti-bias legislation. private prejudice by home sellers.

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Which of the following statements about segregation in schools is FALSE?

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De facto segregation continues in much of the country's schools.

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South Central Los Angeles, once an African American neighborhood, will experience changes in ________ due to the influx of Latinos?

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voting and politics.

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Whites being dealt with more leniently than Blacks, whether at the time of the arrest, indictment, conviction, sentencing, or parole, is known as?

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differential justice.

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Which of the following is typical of African American families?

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strong kinship bonds.

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Financial lenders designate minority and racially changing neighborhoods as poor investments in a practice called

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redlining.

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Redlining is the practice in which financial lenders designate?

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housing in minority and racially changing neighborhoods as a poor investment.

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The education gap between Whites and Blacks has narrowed, but in 2007 ________ White men held a college degree compared with Black men?

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twice as many.

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In the future, African American housing will likely?

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be primarily in all-Black neighborhoods.

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Data since the 1960s indicate that?

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public schools are becoming increasingly segregated by race.

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Black sociologist Franklin Frazier viewed members of the Black middle class as?

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preoccupied with becoming acceptable to White society.

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In 2008, the percentage of jail inmates who are Black was?

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39%.

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The type of school segregation that results from residential patterns is?

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de facto segregation.

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Unemployment among young Blacks is high because of?

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increased competition from immigrants and illegal aliens. entry of White women into the labor force. depressed economy of the central cities.

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The term glass ceiling refers to?

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artificial barriers to promoting qualified workers.

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Several of the educational inadequacies African American students face today could be addressed?

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by better funding.

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The study which outlined a tangle of pathology with the Black family at its core was the?

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Moynihan Report.

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If you have a job for which you are overqualified, you are?

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underemployed.

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Which of the following comparisons between Blacks and Whites is correct?

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Wealth disparity is greater than income disparity. Whites as a group graduate high school at higher rates than Blacks. Young Black men face higher unemployment than young White men.

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Which of the following statements about the Black middle class is true?

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Class status does not prevent racism.

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Attempts to measure crime rates by interviewing ordinary citizens are called?

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victimization surveys.

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In the interval from 1981-2008, the percentage of doctorates awarded to African Americans?

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reflected a modest increase.

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The most consistently documented strength of the Black family is the presence of?

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an extended family household.

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Black progress in higher education has been inhibited by?

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the negative publicity about affirmative action. a reduction in financial aid. the growing number of racist incidents on campus.

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In 2010, the approximate percentage of single mother households among Blacks was?

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50%.

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Underemployment refers to?

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involuntarily working part time. intermittent employment. working at a job for which one is overqualified.

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Compared with Whites, Black men have higher death rates from?

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cancer. heart disease. stress

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African Americans today?

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encounter little structural racism, only occasional individual prejudice. are better off than most minority groups, such as Latinos and Asians. are more likely to be middle class compared to Whites. none of these

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