Question 1

Explain the link between racial segregation in education and racial segregation in housing.

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Question 2

Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that diverse schools have significant advantages, including enhanced preparation to live and work effectively in a complex society which will have no racial majority.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) estimated that escalating Chinese imports between 1999 and 2011 cost nearly 2.5 million U.S. jobs that would otherwise have been kept or created in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What did David Figlio's Florida study reveal about the racialization of names and its impact on educational success?

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Question 5

Discuss Derrick Bell's conclusion that a major function of whites' anti-black discrimination is "to facilitate the exploitation of black labor, to deny us access to benefits and opportunities that otherwise would be available, and to blame all the manifestations of exclusion-bred despair on the asserted inferiority of the victims."

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Question 6

Describe Edna Chun's and Alvin Evans's research on chief diversity officers (CDOs) in private and public organizations.

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Question 7

Describe how the internet's discussion forums and social media, including Facebook and Twitter, and text-messaging have frequently been used to spread and reinforce white-nationalist framing and other white racial framing of society.

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Question 8

During the George W. Bush era (2001-2009), numerous federal judges and other federal officials worked with local officials to preserve school desegregation.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Numerous research studies show that in the hiring process, African American workers are less likely to obtain jobs than whites with equivalent credentials. Describe at least two such studies.

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Question 10

Nowadays, there is a very proactive and persistent federal watchdog organization that seeks out and punishes commonplace housing discrimination.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

President George W. Bush's main legacy in education is the _______________.

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A)  Blair Education Bill. 
B)  Goals 2000: Educate America Act. 
C)  National Defense Education Act. 
D)  No Child Left Behind Act. 
E)  Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

Question 12

A representative survey of active-duty service members of the U.S. Army found a majority of white enlisted personnel thought there was more racial discrimination in the military than in the civilian sector.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Research on corporate advancement found that:

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A)  scarcely one percent of senior corporate executives are black women and three percent are black men; whereas, 77 percent of senior corporate executives are white men. 
B)  a small percentage of senior executives cite discrimination for lack of racial diversity amongst company management. 
C)  most senior executives tend to blame black employees for lack of racial diversity amongst company management. 
D)  senior executives seldom explain lack of racial diversity on higher-level white executives for poor mentoring and other subtle or overt discrimination. 
E)  All the above

Question 14

Census data and social science surveys of 642 workers in several wide-ranging occupational groups in the 23 largest U.S. municipalities concluded that racial bias in job recruiting adversely impacts job opportunities for workers of color, even when gender, age, and scope of workers' networks are considered.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A review of complaints of racial harassment in the workplace that were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that the number has sharply decreased in recent years.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A representative survey of active-duty service members of the U.S. Army found less than a majority of Latino enlisted personnel thought there was less racial discrimination in the military than in the civilian sector.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Players of color experience various types of discrimination, including greater scrutiny of their individual and family histories than whites face.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

A recent study by sociologists Ruben May and Pat Goldsmith found that:

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A)  bouncers at nightclubs' doors periodically use differences in clothing styles to exclude black men. 
B)  bouncers at nightclubs' doors are more reluctant to allow groups of black men entry than groups of white men. 
C)  bouncers at nightclubs' doors are more likely to refuse entry if a black man is drunk and disorderly than if a white man is drunk and disorderly. 
D)  All the above

Question 19

Drawing on the significant 1968 Supreme Court decision Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., explain the majority's decision, including the concurring opinion of Justice William O. Douglas.

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Question 20

Define and illustrate the black ceiling.

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Exam 6: More Racial Oppression: Other Institutional Sectors

Explain the link between racial segregation in education and racial segregation in housing.

Research overwhelmingly demonstrates that diverse schools have significant advantages, including enhanced preparation to live and work effectively in a complex society which will have no racial majority.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) estimated that escalating Chinese imports between 1999 and 2011 cost nearly 2.5 million U.S. jobs that would otherwise have been kept or created in the United States.

What did David Figlio's Florida study reveal about the racialization of names and its impact on educational success?

Describe Edna Chun's and Alvin Evans's research on chief diversity officers (CDOs) in private and public organizations.

Describe how the internet's discussion forums and social media, including Facebook and Twitter, and text-messaging have frequently been used to spread and reinforce white-nationalist framing and other white racial framing of society.

During the George W. Bush era (2001-2009), numerous federal judges and other federal officials worked with local officials to preserve school desegregation.

Numerous research studies show that in the hiring process, African American workers are less likely to obtain jobs than whites with equivalent credentials. Describe at least two such studies.

Nowadays, there is a very proactive and persistent federal watchdog organization that seeks out and punishes commonplace housing discrimination.

President George W. Bush's main legacy in education is the _______________.

A representative survey of active-duty service members of the U.S. Army found a majority of white enlisted personnel thought there was more racial discrimination in the military than in the civilian sector.

Research on corporate advancement found that:

A review of complaints of racial harassment in the workplace that were filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) found that the number has sharply decreased in recent years.

A representative survey of active-duty service members of the U.S. Army found less than a majority of Latino enlisted personnel thought there was less racial discrimination in the military than in the civilian sector.

Players of color experience various types of discrimination, including greater scrutiny of their individual and family histories than whites face.

A recent study by sociologists Ruben May and Pat Goldsmith found that:

Drawing on the significant 1968 Supreme Court decision Jones et ux. v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., explain the majority's decision, including the concurring opinion of Justice William O. Douglas.

Define and illustrate the black ceiling.