The profiling of Arab Americans at airports is an example of ______.
A. community policing
B. public racism
C. modern racism
D. the social construction of danger
E. institutional discrimination
Answer: D
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All of the following are true about the war on drugs and minorities EXCEPT
a. The result of more punitive minimum sentencing laws has resulted in a greater number of whites imprisoned b. Blacks are incarcerated for drug violations at a rate seventeen times that of non-Hispanic whites c. Hispanics are incarcerated for drug violations at a rate eight times that of non-Hispanic whites d. Although 70 percent of drug users are non Hispanic whites, 78 percent of those imprisoned for drug use are African American or Hispanic
_____ refers to the biological distinction between females and males.
a. sex b. gender c. patriarchy d. sexual orientation
Professor Smith cancels class for personal reasons at least twice a semester, shows up to class late almost every day and is often unprepared. From a sociological perspective, Professor Smith has
a. failed to meet role expectations. b. experienced role strain. c. no right to demand student participation. d. achieved role conflict.
In order to be effective in the organization of public behavior, cultural understandings must be all of the following except
a. learned young. b. intermittently disruptive. c. learned routinely. d. widely held.