In your opinion, is affirmative action part of the problem or part of the solution? Provide evidence in support of your position
What will be an ideal response?
• Conservatives generally oppose affirmative action because they believe it interferes with individual freedom, amounts to reverse discrimination, and denigrates the accomplishments of minority members.
• Liberals believe that affirmative action is a necessary correction for historical prejudice and discrimination directed against minorities.
• Radical leftists believe that only fundamental change in economic, political, and other social institutions can eliminate racial hierarchy.
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Since the beginning of the housing and financial crisis, both homeownership rates and property values—particularly of low-income and minority owners—have fallen sharply. Which of the following is a potential reason for this?
A. Low-income home buyers may have invested less in housing compared to other assets. B. Low-income home buyers are more likely to pre-pay their mortgages through refinancing when interest rates decline. C. Homes purchased by low-income and minority buyers may not have appreciated or may have even declined in value. D. The financial returns from homeownership and the probability of mortgage default are insensitive to fluctuations in mortgage.
The first of the major urban riots of the 1960s occurred in a region called Watts, which was a mostly black section of __________
a. Detroit b. Washington, D.C. c. Los Angeles d. Newark, New Jersey
Terrorism has been called a new kind of warfare because ________
a. it is less violent. b. it is "symmetrical," involving two opponents of roughly equal power. c. it lacks clearly stated objectives and is not about controlling territory. d. All of these responses are correct.
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