In analyzing the conditions of blacks in Chicago, Drake and Cayton argued that they were faced with a "job ceiling." By this they meant that:
a. a racial caste system prevented blacks from obtaining better-paying jobs
b. poor economic conditions severely limited the opportunities of blacks to achieve upward mobility
c. the occupational levels to which they could aspire were limited by their lack of skills
d. the political system in Chicago favored whites over blacks
A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Columbian immigrants typically ______.
A. have no education B. approach national norms in education C. are well below national norms in education D. have more education compared to national norms
All of the following are characteristics of a minority except:
a. that a minority is necessarily less in number than the majority. b. a minority has a distinctive cultural or physical trait that becomes part of the dominant group’s ideology that justifies the minority group’s lower status. c. that membership in the minority group is assigned by others. d. a minority holds or has access to a smaller share of desired goods, services, or privileges than the dominant group.
Sarna, an Orthodox Jew, marries Nathan, a Reform Jew. Sarna is disowned by her parents because, as far as they are concerned, she has married outside their religion. She has violated the rule of
A. exogamy. B. endogamy. C. hypergamy. D. homogamy.