In the context of the Weberian model of the U.S. class structure, members of the _____ have an annual income in the $25,000 range, living from just above to just below the poverty line, and typically hold unskilled jobs, seasonal migrant jobs in agriculture, lower-paid factory jobs, and service jobs.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
underclass
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Renita lost her job at a corporation due to downsizing. She has a degree in electrical engineering, but she cannot find a job in her profession. What term best describes Renita's job status?
A. unemployed B. underemployed C. discouraged worker D. seasonal worker
Once racial labels and categories are in place it is easy to reify them. Reify means to
a. reject them as meaningless. c. forget that they were made up. b. treat them as irrelevant. d. see them as flawed but useful.
According to racial formation theory, race is
a. a concrete biological category. b. something that makes logical sense. c. a product of the system of racial classification. d. a natural way to divide humanity.
All of the following are examples of U.S. Census Bureau struggles to define Mexican and Puerto Rican Americans except
A) Mother tongue. B) the use of the term "other." C) last name spelling. D) skin color.