The Badger et al. NYT article “Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys” discussed mobility trends among different racial and ethnic groups in the US. According to the article, what variable best explains the discrepancies in social mobility between black and white boys?Family composition of one's family of origin.Racism.Geographic location in the present.Family income of one's family of origin.

The Badger et al. NYT article “Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys” discussed mobility trends among different racial and ethnic groups in the US. Which statement about African American and white children who grow up in poor families is correct?The worst places for poor white children to grow up are almost all better than the best places for poor African American children to grow up.Equal proportions of African American and white children grow up poor.Poor African American children generally have higher upward social mobility than poor white children do.Whether social mobility is higher for poor African American children or poor white children mostly depends on geographical location.

What is a finding of the Penner and Saperstein (2008) study about racial classification discussed in lecture?Hispanic men who were born to parents in the top 1% of the income distribution were more likely to drop in social class than Black men from the top 1%.Participants were more likely to re-classify themselves as white if they had not been previously incarcerated.Employers were more likely to classify resumes as coming from white men if they had a criminal record.Racial majorities experience a different form of Stereotype Threat.

Which of the following accurately describe economic trends in the African American population at the turn of the twenty-first century?Trends that Describe African American Life in this PeriodBlacks increasingly moved to the suburbs but were still less likely to own homes.The Black middle class expanded.Despite rising wealth for the demographic, nearly 1 in 3 Black children lived in poverty.Disparities in schooling were minimized, and the majority of the Black population attended college.

Race vs. ethnicity (definitions and relevance)Prejudice and discrimination (what are they)Ways to alleviate prejudice (class lecture notes)Institutional vs. individual discriminationWhite PrivilegeSociological perspectivesGeneral characteristics of dominate (European/White Americans) and minority groups (Latinx/Hispanic, African Americans, Asians, Arab Americans Native Americans) in the U.SGlobal Patterns of Intergroup Relations (i.e. population transfer, segregation, assimilation pluralism…)

In the mid-1800s, social mobility in the United States wasMultiple choice question.usually limited, since people typically did not move to social classes much different from their own.on the decline, as the middle and upper classes shrank and became less wealthy.very active for groups like working class women and former enslaved people.nonexistent compared to the active social mobility in places like England.widely available, as working class Americans often moved to the middle and upper classes.