Discuss de facto segregation.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. De facto, or informal, segregation has replaced de jure segregation in the United States and many other countries. Some de facto segregation may be voluntary, as when minorities prefer to live among their own racial or ethnic group. In most cases, however, de facto segregation is due to discrimination.
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In the late 2000s, the median family income for Mexican American families was
a. about three-fourths of the national figure for European American families. b. almost the same as the median for European American families. c. about 90 percent of the national figure for non Latino families. d. less than 60 percent of the national figure for European American families.
Successful adaptation for adults following divorce is influenced by
a. whether or not ex-spouses accept that the marriage has ended. b. whether or not ex-spouses are able to "make peace" with one another. c. whether or not ex-spouses are able to make a realistic appraisal of their own contribution to the marital breakup d. all of the above
According to the sociologist Georg Simmel, what can you use to predict the behavior of members of a social group?
a.)whether the group has a hierarchical or flat structure b.) the number of people in the group c.) whether the group is personal or impersonal d.) whether the group serves a social or professional function
The bulk of Marx’s writing is concerned with applying the materialistic model of society to
a. feudalism. b. determinism. c. socialism. d. capitalism.