Which factor accounts for the emergence of the black civil rights movement in the late 1950s?
a. An increase in biological racist ideas after World War II
b. A decrease in economic opportunities for blacks, beginning in the 1930s and continuing during and after World War II
c. The Supreme Court decision in the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, invalidating the "separate but equal" doctrine
d. A radical turnaround on the part of most whites to open up various societal institutions to blacks
c
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
According to the value of children perspective, children were viewed as a. demographic statistics. b. emotional liabilities
c. emotional necessities. d. economic assets.
The explanation for racism and prejudice that comes from the symbolic interactionist perspective is __________
a. social learning theory b. an authoritarian personality c. the frustration–aggression hypothesis d. social convergence theory
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a. 460,000 b. 4.6 million c. 46 million d. 460 million