In Pager's article, "The Mark of a Criminal Record," which hypothesis did she try to test?
a. the sign of a criminal record should be less consequential for blacks than whites in terms of future employability.
b. the sign of a criminal record should be worse for blacks than whites in terms of their future employability.
c. the sign of a criminal record should affect blacks and whites equally.
d. Pager discusses all three of the possibilities above.
D
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a. occurred in a period in which Japan was a state socialist society b. was not accompanied by extensive urbanization or the demographic transition c. involved direct government action to a far greater degree than was the case in Europe d. was largely the result of increasing population density
Which of the following are advantages associated with having a White identity?
A. seeing people of one's own race widely represented on television and in the news B. being considered financially reliable when using checks or credit cards C. never having to speak for all the people of one's race D. being successful without being called a "credit to one's race"
Schools with more low-income students have curricula that emphasize __________
a. procedures and rote memorization b. decision making and choice c. theoretical explanations d. critical reasoning
The historical practice in England of passing on property to only the first-born male descendant is called
a. the law of the estates. b. the law of meritocracy. c. the law of status consistency. d. the law of primogeniture.