Movements like the "Black is Pride" movement of the 1970s demonstrate that
a. culture is static
b. culture may be used as a means of political resistance.
c. the control exercised by the dominant culture is complete.
d. nonmaterial culture is more important than material culture.
b
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
According to Shepard, which of the following is currently false regarding the condition of African Americans?
a. Median African American income is substantially below that of white households. b. Less than a third of African American men are employed in the highest occupational categories. c. The African American poverty rate is three times that of whites. d. The children of African American parents and children of white parents are equally as likely to experience upward mobility and exceed their parents' income. e. Black children from poor families are more likely to remain poor into adulthood than are white children from poor families.
In the United States, most people in the lower classes experience which of the following?
A. Absolute poverty B. Upward social mobility C. Extremely low life-expectancy D. Relative poverty
Which of the following is illustrative of dynamic definitions of deviance in the United States?
A. long-held beliefs and practices B. the seriousness of the label criminal C. the shifting legal status of marijuana D. the search for biological causes of deviance