The categories of white (branco), brown (pardo), black (preto), yellow (amarelo), and indigenous (indigena) are part of which system of racial classification in Brazil?
a. the official categories used by the Brazilian government.
b. the categories promoted by the black consciousness movement
c. the categories used in Brazilian popular language
d. the official categories used for affirmative action purposes
a
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The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks, Hispanics, and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has. This could be viewed as an instance of ________
a. color-blind racism b. blaming the victim c. discrimination d. brain drain
Forgiveness occurs at two different levels. What are they?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following is a result of an interesting longitudinal study conducted by Tasker and Golombok (1997) to compare children raised by lesbian couples and single heterosexual mothers?
A. The children reared by lesbian parents had been traumatized by their family situation when they were adolescents. B. Problems did arise for those who were stigmatized by their peers and those who felt that their mothers were too open about their lesbian identity in front of their friends. C. There were significant differences between the two groups in their acceptance of their family identity during adolescence. D. All of these answers are correct.
Thorstein Veblen suggested persons at the top of the social hierarchy convert wealth into conspicuous consumption while the behavior of the lower classes is often subjected to ridicule. Veblen's views are from the ________.
A. conflict perspective B. feminist perspective C. interactionist perspective D. functionalist perspective