Bus157 - CH4

what two beliefs appear to drive consumer racial profiling?

1. Blacks are more likely to be shoplifters 2. Blacks are less likely to have money to spend

Which of the following statements about the education, employment, and/or earnings of Blacks/African Americans is true?

Black unemployment is higher than the unemployment of every other racial/ethnic group at the same educational level.

Regarding involuntary servitude in the United States.

During the same time that Africans were first sold in the U.S., Whites were also held as indentured servants.

Access discrimination occurs when people are employed, but treated differently after employment.

False

What demographic characteristics describe a "typical" shoplifter?

There is no "typical" shoplifter. Shoplifters vary by race, sex, age, and socioeconomic status.

Blacks with the same level of education as Whites are more likely to be unemployed than Whites and earn less when employed than Whites.

True

Removing name and sex-identifying information from resumes may be helpful in reducing discrimination.

True

The first U.S. Federal law regarding the citizenship of immigrants allowed only White men to become citizens.

True

Access discrimination

based on stereotypes, prejudice, stated instructions to discriminate, skin tone (with those with darker skins faring worse than those with lighter skins), or even because their names "sound Black."

What are some potential consequences of consumer racial profiling when it actually occurs?

the organization losing its ability to market to Black customers and allies which can be costly.