How do race, class and gender, along with other dimensions of inequality, interact to affect a person’s life chances? Provide some concrete examples
What will be an ideal response?
Students can discuss how social class interacts with race and other factors (e.g., middle-class urban African Americans compared to rural poor African Americans), with gender (men who are fast-tracked for promotion versus those who have lost jobs to deindustrialization), with race and gender (the complex mix of challenges faced by black men compared with black women). A basic answer captures the idea of double or multiple disadvantage. A more complete answer would include examples of how the dimensions may combine in complex and nonobvious ways.
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a. reference others b. the cohesive self c. the generalized other d. the looking-glass selves
Although not the “ideal way to do things,” many young mothers felt that their babies ______.
a. brought them closer to the father b. were not the right decision c. were inevitable d. saved them
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which is least true of African Americans?
A. The number and percentage of middle-class blacks have increased dramatically. B. Poorer African Americans are worse off relative to whites than ever. C. Incomes of the poorest African Americans tend not to come from job-market participation. D. Government programs account for the increase in African Americans' income.