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Chapter 6. Roots of Racial Inequality: Framing the Discussion: Practice Quiz

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  • 1) Asian American poverty is higher than poverty among Whites.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 2) A young Black man, Freddie Gray, died while he was in police custody in which city?

    • aFerguson
    • bBaton Rouge
    • cBaltimore
    • dDetroit
  • 3) Culture is an adaptation to social structural conditions.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 4) Which presidential administration enacted the federal New Deal?

    • aRichard M. Nixon
    • bWoodrow Wilson
    • cFranklin D. Roosevelt
    • dLyndon B. Johnson
  • 5) Donald Trump claimed that Mexicans are rapists and criminals.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 6) The National Advisory Committee on Urban Disorders was set up in the ______.

    • a1960s
    • b1950s
    • c1970s
    • d1980s
  • 7) ______ is(are) the total way of life of a given society or group of people.

    • aSocialization
    • bCulture
    • cSocial structure
    • dMores
  • 8) White, blue-collar workers may think that they have no privilege at all. In fact, they may think that others are gaining advantages because of their race or their gender.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 9) Racial stratification is the process by which immigrant groups adopt the language, dress, values, and norms of the host society.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 10) Unemployment among Black men is routinely three times the national unemployment rate.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 11) “As society becomes more multiracial, racism will decline.”

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 12) Practices in society that are often abstract and that influence people’s behavior are known as ______.

    • asocializations
    • bculture
    • csocial structure
    • dmores
  • 13) Minority groups have a tendency to blame the victim for racial inequality.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse
  • 14) All of the following are determinants of urban riots except _______.

    • aBlack fears over the riots
    • bpervasive discrimination and segregation in employment, education, and housing
    • cBlack migration to the suburbs
    • dthe Black community’s general tendency
  • 15) Even with the relatively recent expansion of the Black middle class, the gap between Black and White family income today is the same as it was in 1972.

    • aTrue
    • bFalse