Herbert Blumer asserts that race prejudice should be considered in terms of group position. Within this framework, what is the relationship between group and individual?

A. An individual member of a dominant group feels that members of subordinate groups can transcend their overall group position and overcome prejudice through economic or social means.
B. An individual member of a subordinate group always considers themselves a part of that group, but can view other individual members as having transcended to a higher group position.
C. An individual member of a dominant group will always feel as though they are a part of a group that is higher than other groups, regardless of their success in relation to members of subordinate groups.
D. An individual member of a dominant group feels as though they can descend to the status of a subordinate group due to economic or social failings.


C. An individual member of a dominant group will always feel as though they are a part of a group that is higher than other groups, regardless of their success in relation to members of subordinate groups.

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a. poll taxes b. literacy tests c. white primaries d. grandfather clauses

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When an employee reports an agency for costly mistakes, waste, or an endangerment to the public, they are protected by the __________

a. Revolving Door Elimination Act b. Whistle Blower Protection Act c. Patronage Act d. Good Samaritan law

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How do issues affect the manner in which a person votes?

A) Human beings are not selective in accepting political messages and therefore are not affected by issues. B) Certain major issues or issues that affect people directly cause voters to tune in and form definite party preferences. C) There have not been any elections in which substantial issue voting occurred. D) All of the above. E) Only A and B are correct.

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When Franklin D. Roosevelt formed an alliance that was composed of the South, the urban North, minority groups, and labor unions, he was forming a

A) coattail. B) coalition. C) split ticket. D) checker board. E) primary group.

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