BUILDING A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY

PLEASE HELP WITHT THESE QUESTIONS.       COURSE:   BUILDING A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY        SOC-110HM

 

 

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Question 1 (1 point)

 

 

Adolescents who have dated interracially are _____ introduce their boyfriend/girlfriend to their families than those who are dating someone of the same race.

Question 1 options:

 

less likely to

 

equally as likely to

 

more likely to

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Question 2 (1 point)

 

 

Between 1970 and 2000, interracial marriages have:

Question 2 options:

 

remained at about the same rates.

 

increased from less than 1 percent to 10 percent of all marriages.

 

increased from less than 1 percent to 3 percent of all marriages.

 

increased from less than 1 percent to 25 percent of all marriages.

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Question 3 (1 point)

 

 

__________ are more likely to intermarry with whites than __________.

Question 3 options:

 

Blacks; Asians

 

Blacks; Hispanics and Asians

 

Hispanics and Asians; blacks

 

Blacks; Hispanics

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Question 4 (1 point)

 

 

People are least likely to marry across __________ lines.

Question 4 options:

 

socioeconomic

 

age

 

racial

 

religious

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Question 5 (1 point)

 

 

__________ is the one racial group that remains the most racially segregated and has not seen a significant downward trend.

Question 5 options:

 

Asian Americans

 

Hispanic Americans

 

African Americans

 

Native Americans

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Question 6 (1 point)

 

 

When the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) matched families identical in all characteristics except for race and sent them out to look for housing:

Question 6 options:

 

more discrimination occurred in 2000 than in 1989.

 

racial discrimination had all but disappeared from 1989 to 2000, with less than 3% of testers experiencing it.

 

in both 1989 and 2000, discrimination occurred more often than not.

 

less discrimination occurred in 2000 than 1989, but still occurs between 17 and 26% of the time.

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Question 7 (1 point)

 

 

True or False? Sometimes white people who say they have a black friend cannot remember that person’s name when asked.

Question 7 options:

 

True

 

False

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Question 8 (1 point)

 

 

True or False? Sometimes people say that black people are unapproachable when asked why they do not have more interracial friendships.

Question 8 options:

 

True

 

False

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Question 9 (1 point)

 

 

Bonilla-Silva creates several categories of respondents from his interview data—those who support, oppose, or express reservations about intermarriage, as well as those who lead an interracial life versus those who have predominantly white social networks. The category that has by far the greatest number of people in it is:

Question 9 options:

 

support interracial marriage and lead an interracial life.

 

oppose interracial marriage and have predominantly white networks.

 

express reservations about intermarriage and have predominantly white networks.

 

support interracial marriage but have predominantly white networks.

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Question 10 (1 point)

 

 

Bonilla-Silva’s research reveals that most whites lead a relatively segregated life. When asked to explain this, the most frequent pattern is:

Question 10 options:

 

they give a story about how they tried it once and got burned so that’s why they don’t want to put themselves out there again.

 

they give some historical background about how their government practiced racial discrimination in housing and schools and contributed to their own racial isolation.

 

they express regret and remorse and dedicate themselves to wanting to do better in the future.

 

they see it as not a problem and/or a non-racial matter.

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