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Explain the difference between absolute and relative deprivation as applied to the experiences of minority groups in America.

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In states that have been barred from using race explicitly in admissions, ________.

A) enrolment of White students has lowered
B) students from minority groups are performing better academically
C) there has been no change in minority enrollment rates
D) Black and Latino enrollment has dropped

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 led to the establishment of the ________.

Berko, who works as a sales executive at ABZ Pharmaceuticals, has proved to be one of the best sales representatives in his team. However, regardless of performance, he was passed over for a promotion because he was a part of the cultural minority in the organization. In this scenario, Berko has experienced ________.

________ refers to overt acts of individual Whites against individual Blacks.

Which of the following terms refers to the positive effort to recruit minority group members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities?

The motivation for the bias in most hate crimes is ________.

Many Baltonian men were effectively barred from serving in the police department of Rhodia because they failed to meet the minimum height requirement. The height requirement in no way helped perform the job effectively and favored White men in securing positions in the department. This is an example of ________.

________ constitute the group with the highest median income in the U.S.

In 1987, the Supreme Court ruled in two cases that any member of an ethnic minority may sue under federal prohibitions against discrimination. These two cases involved ________.

Which of the following statements is true of wealth inequality?

Anita Juarez, a Mexican American woman, works in the public relations department of a firm. Though she is promoted quickly within her department, her attempts to move into the marketing department and to key executive positions are not approved by the management. This is an example of ________.

The ________ refers to the White male advantage experienced in occupations dominated by women.

How does institutional discrimination differ from individual discrimination? Provide three examples of institutional discrimination.

Dominant group members tend to have better material comforts and more political freedom than minority groups. Sociologists refer to this type of inequality as ________.

Dominique works at the human resources department in a software product development firm. She finds that her efforts to work in a position at the sales department are consistently blocked, even though she is qualified for the job. This is an example of ________ existing in the organization.

________ is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.

Which of the following statements about environmental justice is true?

Which of the following terms refers to racist outcomes that become so widespread that minority groups endure them as a part of everyday life?

________ refers to the conscious experience of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.