Identify the three primary explanations for the persistence of racial and ethnic segregation. What are the consequences of this segregation?
What will be an ideal response?
Vary. Housing market discrimination, differences in socioeconomic status, and preferences for specific neighborhood racial composition. Consequences include different access and opportunity structures which advantage Whites over minority groups.
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From the conflict perspective, media, schools, religion, and other institutions are manipulated to ________ systems of inequality and the status quo
a. change b. legitimate c. improve d. all of the above
In 2012, the average compensation of the 100 highest-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) in the United States
a. was less than $500,000. b. was almost $1 million. c. was just over $12 million d. exceeded $29 million.
After 1933, Franklin Roosevelt's administration shifted from a policy of forced assimilation to one of pluralism
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
In terms of racial categories, most people arrested for a violent crime in the United States are _____.
a. white b. African American c. people of mixed race d. of Hispanic ancestry