29. Most African Americans and Hispanics have lower average incomes and since most students today are expected to pay much of the expense of college, a higher proportion
of African American and Hispanics than Anglos (non-Hispanic whites) are kept out of college by its high cost. According to your textbook this is an example of:
a. Ideological racism
b. Individual prejudice
c. Individual discrimination
d. Institutional discrimination
ANS: d
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a. must be left behind in the private world of desire when they participate in the world of reason. b. have a specific place in the classroom, the boy?friendly areas. c. are always bad and have no place in modern society. d. make them special and better than girls.
According to Howard Becker, if people believe Juliet is a "slut" even if she has never engaged in sexual activity, Juliet will still become that perceived reality
in the minds of the people that believe the "slut" label and they will treat her accordingly. Juliet is now stigmatized, discredited, and faces the consequences of the noxious slut label. Becker calls this predicament a. Doomed Status b. Falsely accused c. Master Status d. Consequences of Labeling
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A. functionalist theory B. conflict theory C. feminist theory D. symbolic interaction theory E. organizational change theory