Which of the following helps explain the low college graduation rates of minorities?
a. They received too much attention and easy grades in primary and secondary school.
b. They are poorly prepared and perceive themselves as not welcome.
c. The federal government gives them too much money.
d. Most of them go on sports scholarships and do not perform as well as hoped.
e. Sports scholarships mean working full-time on the sport that provided a scholarship.
B
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A) is used for grouped values B) begins and ends with a frequency of 10 (i.e., at the y-axis) C) covers the full range of values (i.e., 0–100) D) begins and ends with a frequency of zero (i.e., at the horizontal axis)
______ is a new racial category.
A. Racialization B. Multiracial C. Pluralistic D. Ethnic attrition
While strain theory can explain ______ crimes, it cannot explain ______.
A. ritual crimes; retreatist crimes B. retreatist crimes; ritual crimes C. property and premeditated crimes; crimes of passion D. crimes of passion; property and premeditated crimes
Which of these refers to the establishment by the dominant group of policies that allow or require the forcible removal of people of another ethnic group?
A. assimilation B. genocide C. ethnic cleansing D. pluralism