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| Laws that say one race cannot marry another race |
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| Married To someone from a different group |
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| Married to someone with the same group |
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| Someone who is not in your pool of eligibles who you become attracted to. |
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| The people who you feel are qualified who you can marry |
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| segregation that is the result of residential patterns |
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| the practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria |
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| taking school seriously and accepting the authority of teachers and administrators |
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| Factors that account for the decline of higher education for African Americans |
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1.Reduction in financial aid discourage students from taking out loans
2.Pushing higher standards in education achievement with out providing remedial courses
3.Employment opportunities without college provide income
4.Negative publicity about affirmative action discourages African Americans from even considering college
5.Growing amount of racial incidents on predominantly white college campuses has been a discouraging factor. |
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| salaries wages and other money received |
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| an inclusive term encompassing all of a persons material assets, including land and other type of property |
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| is working at a job for which the worker is overqualified involuntary working part time instead of full time or being intermittently employed. |
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| Challenges to Family Stability |
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1. One third of African American children had both a father and a mother present in 2007.
2. African American women living in poverty, having a child is an added burden. |
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| Strengths of African American Families |
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1. Blacks are more likely then whites to care for their children in an extended family
2. Poor blacks are more likely to be working and poor black families often include more than one wage earner
3. Working class blacks indicate a greater desire for their children to attend college
4. Black churches are the impetus behind many significant grassroots organizations |
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| as defined by Max Weber people who share similar levels of wealth. |
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| the pattern of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods. |
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| legal provisions stipulating land use and the architectural design of housing, often used to keep racial minorities and low-income people of out suburban areas. |
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| annual attempts to measure crime rates by interviewing ordinary citizens who may or may not have been crime victims |
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| Whites being dealt with more leniently than Blacks, whether at the time of arrest, indictment, conviction, sentencing or parole |
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| tendency to view crime as less socially significant if the victim is views as less worthy |
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| What factors create residential segregation in the United States? |
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1.Private prejudice and discrimination people refuse to sell or rent to people of the wrong race ethnicity or religion
2. Prejudicial policies of real estate companies steer people to the correct neighborhoods
3. Government policies enforce amities legislation ineffectively
4. Public housing today, as well as past construction patterns, reinforce housing for the poor in inner-city neighborhoods.
5. Policies of banks and other lenders create barriers based on race to financing home purchasing. |
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| redrawing districts bizarrely to create politically advantageous outcomes |
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| Why are there high divorce rates in inter racial marriages? |
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1. cultures often conflict
2. one doesn't like something about his/her partners culture.
3. objections in the family
4. lack of communication or understanding
5. Deviate from their ethnic culture or religion
6. fear of accepting a different religion
7. fear of how grandchildren will look |
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| Why do people enter into interracial relationships? |
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1. Believe that a mixture would produce good looking babies
2. Attracted to someone who poses a certain characteristic that you want
3. to be rebellious and show parents you are independent
4. to embarrass your parents |
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| Attraction to a characteristic someone else has that you want. |
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| Picture Bride/Male Order Bride. Why is it becoming more common? |
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1. Men get to choose attractive young women as their brides
2. It is easy and less emotionally draining
3. The woman will be totally dependent
4.Get a woman mate that is a virgin with no STD's |
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| Why would females want to be Male order picture brides? |
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1. The family wants the woman to send back remittances
2. Equal Rights
3. Education
4. Escaping poverty
5. Shelter
6. Healthcare
7. The feeling that she might be a burden to the family |
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| Theory of Forbidden Fruit |
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| people wanting what they can't have |
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| Why do people seem to date others of the same level of attractiveness? |
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1. to produce attractive children
2. attractiveness increases status symbol
3. people want an attractive mate |
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| Why don't people go to church? |
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1. No time
2. In a relationship
3. Education
4 Job |
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| Why is teenage pregnancy higher in conquered minorities? |
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1. Educational level / No education at home
2. Are more likely not to have long term educational goals
3. welfare check
4. seeing pregnancy as a blessing
5. kids do what their parents do, not what they say
6. religion teaching - no abortion |
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| two people that have never been married before - 59% divorce rate |
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| one or both have been married before - 79% divorce rate |
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| Why is there a higher divorce rate with second order marriages? |
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1. Attracted to the same kind of person they originally married
2. Easier to divorce
3. Bringing more baggage to the relationship |
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| Why are there higher divorce rates among teens? |
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1. Circle of influence changes as you get older
2. Parents disapproving as you get older
3. Not mature enough yet |
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| kids know what to do but do differnt |
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| acting on the right decision on the heat of the moment |
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| Long term - You are influenced by your surroundings |
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| Short term - Ex: If a friends are going to college it plays a major role if you go |
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| the environment or atmosphere playing a role on your mood and how you feel |
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| what are financial issues for high teenage pregnancy in conquered minorities? |
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1. High cost for contraceptives
2. Free Clinics are embarrassing to go to
3. Free Clinics have poor customer service and long waits
4. Sex is free |
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| people believing that nothing bad can happen or they can't die |
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| Where several generations live together under the same roof |
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| What are the impacts of teenage pregnancy? |
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1. Men go to work and support
2. less attention to education
3. Decreases the life chances for the child
4. Decreases life chances for the parents |
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| children born from teenage pregnance |
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| 7.1% general population, 15% with teenage pregnancy |
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| Authoritative Communication |
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| a form of communication that explains to children why things need to be done, gives tools and resources to make wise desicions |
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| get pregnant or get some one else pregnant on purpose |
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| Why would someone get some else pregnant on purpose? |
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1. wanting the person to stay with you
2. money
3. independence from parents |
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| competitive race relationships |
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people compete for scarce resources
1. compete for mates
2. jobs
3. education
4. housing |
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lack of available males or females
(china has more males and the rest of the world has more females)
1. females live longer
2. availability for woman gets bigger for men |
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