Herbert Gans posed the following question: "How is poverty positively functional in U.S. society?" Identify three of the "benefits" he outlined that the nonpoor receive from the existence of poverty.
What will be an ideal response?
Varies. Gans argues that poverty benefits the middle and upper classes by providing low-wage workers available to do society's "dirty work"; jobs for middle-class people who help the poor; a market for products that would go unused, such as used cars or old food; and scapegoats for society's problems.
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a. Family incomes have stopped growing. b. Economic stress is felt up and down the economic ladder. c. High unemployment is likely to continue. d. High paying jobs are in good supply for people who want to work hard.
Which of the following is a myth about affirmative action?
A. Companies are required to meet racial quotas. B. All employers are required to implement affirmative action policies. C. Affirmative action policies decrease diversity. D. both "companies are required to meet racial quotas" and "all employers are required to implement affirmative action policies"
According to __________ theory, older persons make a normal and healthy adjustment to aging when they detach themselves from their social roles and prepare for their eventual death
a. activityb. disengagement c. conflict d. disorganization
When black women were in ads for the WNBA, the marketing people were so sensitive to issues of race that they presented the women in roles where they
A. expressed confidence in their skills on the court. B. were physical and tough. C. used their college degrees to be successful off the court. D. were clearly nurturing and supportive.