Using the Thomas principle to analyze the situation of a teacher who assumed that a clock made by an Arab-American student was a bomb, supports the claim that:
a. Race and gender are real categories based on biological reality.
b. Situations defined as real become real in their consequences.
c. Racist stereotypes are based on biological reality.
d. Arab-Americans are more likely to be terrorists.
b. Situations defined as real become real in their consequences.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Why is missing information important for your analysis?
a. It can signal an underlying problem with a specific question. b. It may hold the key to the research process. c. It can easily be confused with the variable next to it. d. It determines how the variables will be organized.
Four conditions must exist in a society for significant numbers of people to withdraw from the labor force. Which is NOT one of these four conditions?
A. A society must have an economic surplus that is large enough to support its non-employed members. B. There must be a mechanism in place to divert part of a surplus to nonemployed members. C. Nonemployed member should be viewed positively by the rest of society and their activities or leisure seen as legitimate. D. The nonemployed members must have worked less than other members of society so that their labor will not be missed.
The purpose of the urban renewal program developed by the Housing Act of 1989 was to ________
a. give local officials a larger role in developing urban renewal projects and greater flexibility in how federal funds are used b. stimulate private investment in the inner city through the physical redevelopment of deteriorated areas c. tax businesses located in areas with high unemployment or poverty at a lower rate than other areas of a city d. privatize the process of improving the conditions of cities