In many areas of the United States, schools remain racially segregated or have become resegregated after earlier attempts at integration failed. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in _____ that separate but equal segregated schools are unconstitutional because they are inherently unequal.
a. Frager v. Board of Education of Houston, Texas
b. Jordan v. Board of Education of Montgomery, Alabama
c. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
d. Bollinger v. Board of Education of Lansing, Michigan
Question 2Explain what is meant by the sociology of emotions and describe sociologist Arlie Hochschild's contribution to this area of study.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3Probably the most affected by poverty in low-income economies are __________.
a. women and children
b. adult men and women
c. aged men and women
d. aged women
Question 4The implementation of specific action to change the racialethnic and/or class composition of the student body is referred to as:
a. tracking.b. desegregation.
c. segregation. d. integration.
Question 5Describe sociologist Erving Goffman's dramaturgical analysis and explain what he meant by presentation of self.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 6All of the following are reasons why women and children are especially affected by poverty in low-income economies except _____________.
a. lower overall pay than men
b. women lack control over household resources
c. the poor have lower fertility rates than the wealthy
d. gender disparities in work
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