Which of the following statements is true of the social construction of race in Puerto Rico?
a. The presence of a color gradient in Puerto Rico rather than two or three racial categories means less prejudice.
b. Racial identification in Puerto Rico depends a great deal on the attitude of an individual making the judgment.
c. Puerto Rico has suffered interracial conflict and violence because of different racial heritages.
d. Studies concur that race is as clear-cut an issue in Puerto Rico as it is on the mainland.
b
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A) assimilation B) different value orientations C) integration D) upward mobility
In sociological terminology, a minority group is a category of people who a. have less social status in society, because they are smaller in number
b. are the victims of prejudice and discrimination and lack equal access to the resources of society. c. comprise the small elite at the top of society who have most of the power, prestige, and wealth. d. are opposed to the values of the larger society and are viewed by the majority of people in society as a threat.
In the distribution of numbers from a dataset, the following numbers were derived: 30, 40, 5, 60, 11, 77, 6, 5, 15, 26, 77, 13, 2, 5, and 77. This example demonstrates a ______ distribution.
a. unimodal b. bimodal c. multimodal d. variable
Which of the following was the 19th century British philosopher and sociologist who came to the United States to promote the concept of social Darwinism?
a. Arthur Jensen b. Charles Darwin c. John Locke d. Herbert Spencer