Exam 4: Economics

While numerous groups such as Black Girls Code have tried to encourage women of color to enter industries traditionally dominated by white males,such women continue to be underrepresented in top levels of employment in these industries.What term do sociologists use to describe this phenomenon?

Explain the two sides of the debate surrounding the claim that high levels of immigration lead to racial disparities in income levels.Which side do you find most convincing and why?

Juliana,whose parents are immigrants from the Dominican Republic,was the first person in her family to go to college.Her parents,who recently retired after years of work as domestic servants,like to tell their friends that the family is wealthy now that their daughter has graduated from medical school.Why is their boast about their family wealth not quite accurate?

According to the textbook,Mexican immigrants who work in Nebraskan meatpacking plants primarily contend for jobs with:

Shelley and Sam,an African American married couple,have a new home in a middle-class neighborhood.Though they are both lawyers and have experienced economic success,they continue to be troubled by the amount of daily discrimination they and their children face.In Black Bourgeoisie,Sociologist E.Franklin Frazier would describe their predicament as a kind of:

Between 1984 and 2009,what happened to the wealth gap between white and black families?

What was one outcome of the New Deal?

According to the textbook,many Americans oppose affirmative action on the grounds that it is "'reverse discrimination' or an affront to meritocracy." What are some reasons why it is ironic that some whites complain about blacks being given a "head start"?

What was the name of the policy put forward by President Bill Clinton that placed restrictions on how long families could receive welfare?

Which of the following groups of workers might company executives refer to as "strike insurance"?

What was one result of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 and the 1980 Refugee Act?

What happened when antipoverty programs became intertwined with antiracism movements?

In order to determine if and how discrimination affects hiring decisions,sociologists conduct studies in which they send paired actors to apply for real jobs.The actors are equal in every way aside from race.What are these studies called?

In the discussion of income and wealth disparities,the authors of the textbook argue that banks and financial institutions work against their own economic interests when it comes to race.What do they mean by that?

According to social scientists,what is one result of affirmative action?

According to Herbert Blumer,how can we best understand the way that people's personal feelings of prejudice and discrimination are shaped by how they perceive their employment opportunities?

Federally mandated affirmative action rules apply only to companies that conduct a fair amount of business with the federal government,which is about what percentage of American firms?

Bobby makes fun of Ralph,whose family is American Indian,for being poor.According to Bobby,all American Indians should be "rich" from casino money.What is one thing that Bobby should know to reassess his assumption?

What conclusion is shown in the figure below,"2009 Median Household Income by Race"?

Those who argue that employment disparities can be improved by simply providing people of color with better work training promote their belief in: