Racial and Ethnic Relations Chapter 4 Pre-Test

The top ______ percent of the population owns a very large proportion of our nation's wealth.

1

Affirmative action is a form of occupational segregation.

False

Conflict theorists are often opponents of affirmative action.

False

Fifty percent of low-income families are not connected to formal financial institutions.

False

Unless centered on class inequality, many ______ theorists fail to explain ongoing racial discrimination.

Marxist

Many early labor unions embraced discriminatory practices.

True

Under Marxism, class is seen as the root of other systems of inequality.

True

The racial income gap is much smaller than the racial ______ gap.

wealth

Wealth can be transmitted in many ways. Which of the following is NOT an example of a way in which wealth can be transmitted?

working overtime

The stock story of the American Dream is based on ______ theory, which is a foundational perspective that embraces individualism, free markets, free trade, and limited government intervention or regulation.

neo-liberal