Question 1

Bertrand and Mullainathan experimentally manipulated the perception of race by the_____of the applicant.

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A)  resume quality 
B)  name 
C)  education 
D)  occupation

Question 2

According to Victor M. Rios, youth of color respond to punitive social control in ways that demonstrate_____.

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A)  acceptance, withdrawal, and isolation 
B)  a clear lack of intentionality in their behavior 
C)  agency, resistance, and political awareness 
D)  false consciousness and determinism

Question 3

What are some examples of everyday actions for which poor youth of color are criminalized but that are acceptable for other youth?

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Question 4

To succeed at Wal-Mart, White women were socialized to_____discrimination against people of Color.

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A)  identify and eliminate 
B)  accept and replicate 
C)  reject and report 
D)  ignore and deny

Question 5

Perez et al. report that extracurricular participation and volunteerism were the strongest predictors of academic achievement among undocumented Latino students. Discuss why you think these have such a strong effect in protecting and creating resilience for undocumented students. What might this indicate about the importance of community-wide factors for influencing success among the most vulnerable students? Suggest some strategies that schools could use to increase opportunities for high-risk youth to experience the benefits of prosocial activities like volunteerism.

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Question 6

According to Dill, which of the following is true with regard to African American families of the 18th and 19th centuries?

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A)  Slave owners controlled the cohesion of slave families. 
B)  After emancipation, African American women were expected to take their position within the private sphere of the home. 
C)  Slave labor mirrored labor divisions among White men and women. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 7

Scapegoating is the practice of singling out a person or group for unmerited blame and consequent negative treatment. Discuss the role of scapegoating of immigrants in contemporary and historical political rhetoric.

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Question 8

Chicago public schools spend about_____per pupil in a city school that is 87% Black and Latino.

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A)  $6,232 
B)  $8,482 
C)  $9,299 
D)  $11,627

Question 9

How is criminalization by the youth control complex disguised as protection? What determines who gets to experience social control as "protective" and who must experience social control as punitive?

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Question 10

According to Chicano feminist Gloria Anzaldúa, the mestiza identity is _____________ .

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A)  a mechanism for assimilation into mainstream American norms and ways of life 
B)  becoming less relevant as more and more migrants establish complex, transnational identities 
C)  a militant resistance to immigrant assimilation in favor of maintaining strong ties to one's ethnic culture 
D)  a means of tolerating the ambiguity and contradictions that result from juggling two cultures

Question 11

According to Dill, which of the following was true with regard to Chinese American families of the 18th and 19th centuries?

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A)  Immigration restrictions prevented the formation of families within this group. 
B)  Many Chinese sojourners sent wages to their families in China. 
C)  A split-household form characterized Chinese American families. 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 12

What role does economics play on the current state of the "educational debt" in the United States?

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Question 13

Same-sex parenting is most common in which U.S. region?

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A)  the Northeast 
B)  the Midwest 
C)  the South 
D)  the West Coast

Question 14

Matthew Snipp notes in "The First Americans: Americans Indians," that American Indians living in urban areas have been helped by_____.

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A)  the government 
B)  reservations 
C)  pan-Indianism 
D)  altruism

Question 15

As noted in "Is This A White Country, or What?" which of the following contributes to the anti-immigration sentiments expressed by Whites?

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A)  cultural pluralism 
B)  nativism and economic competition 
C)  the ethnocentrism of immigrants 
D)  the fact that no Whites have never been immigrants

Question 16

According to "Is This A White Country, or What?" Whites_____.

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A)  resent the unity of immigrants and people of Color, yet they exclude them from the dominant society 
B)  recognize the racial hostilities their ancestors faced 
C)  view immigration as culturally enriching 
D)  welcome immigrants who remind them of their ancestors

Question 17

What does Dill mean by "our mothers' grief"?

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Question 18

Compare and contrast the experiences of past and present immigrants.

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Question 19

How might racial-gender stereotypes exert even more power within romantic relationships than they do in less intimate relationships or from strangers?

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Question 20

What are the various things discussed as contributing to the "achievement gap" in American education?

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Exam 3: Social Institutions and Social Issues