Test 2 Quizzes

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Test 2 Quizzes
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Quiz 4

• 1. Referring to himself In the article just walk
  on by, Staples argues that _____ is a hazard in
  itself.
• Walking alone at night
• Being perceived as dangerous
• Being a grad student
• Being a man

• 2. Staples at least partially attributes the
  making of a thug to societys association
  between _______ and the power to intimidate.
• Masculinity
• Terrorism
• Poverty
• Youth culture

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Quiz 4

• 3. Staples tactic for dealing with others is
  best described as an attempt to _________ their
  fears.
• Calm
• Confront
• Manipulate
• Exacerbate
• 4. El Sawy says that, Muslims who kill in the
  name of their beliefs are
• Carrying out the will of Allah
• Avenging Jesus death
• Not true Muslims
• Considered heroes

• 5. Which of the following does the author say is
  true of Muslims?
• There are 6 million in the US
• They are taught in the Quran to wage holy wars
• They are often aggressive
• All of the above

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Quiz 5

• Despite their being illegal, which of the
  following systemic practices still occur?
• Racial steering within the real estate industry
• Lending (home loan) discrimination
• A B
• Neither A nor B

• The federal government subsidized white flight
  from inner cities by
• Building highways that link the burbs and city
  jobs
• Making homeownership easier than in the past
• Redlining integrated communities
• All of the above

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Quiz 5

• 3. Conley attributes the black-white wealth
  gap in the U.S. to
• Cultural differences between the groups
• Media portrayals of each group
• National policies that channeled wealth toward
  whites and excluded blacks
• The propaganda of groups such as the KKK

• Comparing black and white families with the same
  income and net worth (wealth), African American
  kids are more likely to graduate from high school
  than whites and are just as likely to complete
  college.
• True
• False
• 5. What is one of the possible solutions that
  Conley suggests to narrow the wealth gap in the
  U.S.?

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• What is one fact you learned from Wises Letter
  to White America that you did not know before?