Although minority group members face serious disadvantages due to the continuing reality of racial and ethnic inequality, for majority group members it means:

a. Living in a society that practices as well as preaches equality
b. Confronting expressions of anger and frustration from people of color that many whites find difficult to understand
c. Living in a society that will probably continue to have stability in terms of race relations in the future.
d. Living in a society where few minorities express frustration or anger over race relations


ANS: b

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a. middle-class parents emphasize values that reflect internal dynamics—the child's own and his empathic concern for other people's, while working-class parents emphasize values that reflect behavioral conformity—obedience and neatness b. working-class parents emphasize values that reflect internal dynamics—the child's own and his empathic concern for other people's, while middle-class parents emphasize values that reflect behavioral conformity—obedience and neatness c. upper-class parents emphasize values that reflect becoming wealthy, while working-class parents emphasize values that reflect behavioral conformity–obedience and neatness d. upper-class parents emphasize values that reflect becoming wealthy, while middle-class parents emphasize values that reflect behavioral conformity—obedience and neatness

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John Watson wrote, "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select. . ." This statement reflects the theory known as:

a. behaviorism b. conflict theory c. human ecology d. symbolic interactionism

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Since 1964, many attempts have been made to eradicate discrimination in the United States, including

What will be an ideal response?

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