What are hate crimes? Why is it important to know about hate crimes when discussing inequalities of ...

What are hate crimes? Why is it important to know about hate crimes when discussing inequalities of race and ethnicity?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Conflict theory depicts society as
 
  a. being in an unending process of cyclical change.
  b. progressing through a set of linear stages.
  c. fluctuating around a stable equilibrium.
  d. unstable with separate parts always at odds with each other.
  e. being in a process of breakdown.

Question 3

What is a stereotype and why is it an important concept in minoritymajority relations?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

The equilibrium perspective has been criticized for
 
  a. emphasizing conflict to the exclusion of change.
  b. paying too much attention to the presence of cyclical change.
  c. assuming that society has an internal resistance to change.
  d. adopting the evolutionary model of change.
  e. its liberal bias.

Question 5

What are prejudice and discrimination, and what is the relationship between the two?
 
  What will be an ideal response?