Simon, an employee of a home improvement firm, is asked to remodel a house. However, he refuses to do so because the house is located in a minority neighborhood. In this scenario, Simon is practicing ________
a. affirmative action
b. glass escalator
c. service redlining
d. reverse discrimination
c
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Living wage ordinances require
a. all employers in a given city to pay more than minimum wage. b. employers who receive contracts or tax benefits from local governments to pay more than minimum wage. c. employers to pay adults more than workers younger than 18. d. employers to institute salary schedules so that workers will get annual increases in wages.
"Generalized others" refers to the general attitudes we have about other people
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Urban development in the 1960s was an attempt to revitalize American cities, but it separated traditional neighborhoods with highways. This unintended consequence is an example of ______.
A. dysfunction B. latent function C. mechanical solidarity D. organic solidarity
Arnold gets an "A" on his organic chemistry exam because he copies most of his answers from Stanley, the "class brain" who is sitting next to him. According to Merton's anomie theory of deviance, Arnold would be classified as a(n)
A. innovator. B. rebel. C. ritualist. D. retreatist.