Urban Studies
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Urban Studies explores the social, economic, political, and environmental dimensions of cities and urban life. This interdisciplinary course examines the development, structure, and functioning of urban areas, investigating issues such as urbanization, housing, transportation, public policy, and community planning. Students will engage with theoretical frameworks and case studies to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by contemporary cities, including sustainability, inequality, migration, and urban governance. The course also emphasizes the role of culture and identity in shaping urban experiences, preparing students to critically analyze and engage with the complexities of urban environments around the world.
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Race in America 1st Edition by Matthew Desmond
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Chapter 1: Race in the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) Which of the following is a key feature of symbolic power?
A)the ability to categorize and name
B)the ability to determine salaries and wages
C)the ability to draw upon social networks
D)brute force
Answer: A
Q2) Which explanation for why are whites less likely than people of color to identify themselves in racial terms is discussed in the textbook?
A)Whites often do not think of themselves as belonging to a racial category.
B)Whites are less concerned with racism than other groups.
C)Whites think of race in biological,not cultural,terms.
D)Whites worry that drawing attention to race is impolite.
Answer: A
Q3) According to the textbook,what are two key forms of racial domination?
A)institutional racism and white privilege
B)institutional racism and political domination
C)institutional racism and interpersonal racism
D)interpersonal racism and white privilege
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Invention of Race
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Q1) What is one reason Native Americans weren't permanently enslaved alongside blacks?
A)They were relied on as guides and trappers in the fur trade.
B)They were unfamiliar with the land and therefore would not make good agricultural laborers.
C)Their skin was light enough that they could blend in with the white population.
D)Their numbers were increasing rapidly.
Answer: A
Q2) According to current demographic projections,whites will become a racial minority in the United States by what year?
A)2023
B)2030
C)2043
D)2060
Answer: C
Q3) What were two ways in which slaves rebelled against their masters?
Answer: Answers may include the following: Subtle resistance,such as playing dumb and working slowly,and more overt resistance,such as armed rebellion and fleeing the South.
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Chapter 3: Politics
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Q1) The American Indian movement attempted to organize against federal "Indian Termination" policies.What was the effect of these policies?
A)When tribes lost federal recognition,they also lost federal aid and land rights.
B)The policies afforded Native Americans extensive federal benefits by lumping them together with other minorities.
C)Federal administrators were allowed to jail Native Americans who politically organized.
D)Ninety percent of tribes were relocated to North and South Dakota.
Answer: A
Q2) What was one of the outcomes of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
A)It helped bring about a 1985 Supreme Court ban on busing.
B)It trained hundreds of activists in violent resistance.
C)It organized the black clergy as a political force.
D)It led to the development of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP).
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Economics
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Q1) In the discussion of income and wealth disparities,the authors of the textbook argue that banks and financial institutions work against their own economic interests when it comes to race.What do they mean by that?
Q2) Sociologist Mary Waters observes that "We should not just be asking as a society,'How can we structure our immigration policy and our institutions to facilitate immigrants adopting our civic culture and becoming American?' We should also be asking,'What can we do about the pervasive inequalities in American life that often mean that becoming black American or Mexican American leads to a less bright future than remaining an immigrant?'" Propose a government policy that you think would address this issue.
Q3) Little Italy in New York City,where a number of Italian Americans have lived and owned businesses for generations,is an example of what?
A)an immigrant consortium
B)an ethnic enclave
C)a cosmopolitan canopy
D)an assimilation district
Q4) Explain the two sides of the debate surrounding the claim that high levels of immigration lead to racial disparities in income levels.Which side do you find most convincing and why?
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Chapter 5: Housing
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Q1) What were the findings of audit studies conducted by the U.S.Department of Housing and Urban Development about racial discrimination in housing?
A)The mechanisms of housing discrimination that existed before the Fair Housing Act of 1968 are still the primary mechanisms of discrimination used today.
B)Black home buyers were informed about far more properties than their white counterparts,though they were always in poorer neighborhoods.
C)Banks supported racial integration by distributing high levels of loans to racially mixed areas.
D)High levels of housing discrimination is still experienced by blacks,Hispanics,Asians,and Native Americans.
Q2) What is one way the Federal Housing Administration contributed to the exclusion of nonwhites from the private housing market?
A)loan denial to nonwhites
B)increased rent in city apartments
C)property deeds
D)urban renewal projects
Q3) Explain two consequences of residential segregation,as identified in Chapter 5.
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Chapter 6: Crime and Punishment
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Q1) When comparing white-collar and violent street crime,we might conclude that:
A)violent street crime is more damaging to society because it causes fear and requires the expense of surveilling people through increased policing
B)street crimes are worse than white-collar crimes because of the different intentions and motivations of the criminals
C)white-collar crimes potentially damage society as much or more than violent street crimes because they cost society billions of dollars per year and even result in more deaths and injuries
D)when black people commit white-collar crimes,they are condemned even more than when they commit violent street crimes or than when white people commit white-collar crimes
Q2) In the 1960s,when politicians mentioned cleaning up "violence in the streets," to what were they primarily referring?
A)gang wars in Chicago
B)a slew of murders,usually involving men attacking single females
C)riots and civil disobedience by civil rights protestors
D)muggings and catcalling
Q3) In what way did lynch mobs uphold white patriarchy?
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Chapter 7: Education
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Q1) Which of the following has been identified as a potential problem for the efficacy of affirmative action policies?
A)Sociologist William Julius Wilson argues that minority students from the most privileged families reap the lion's share of the benefits afforded by affirmative action.
B)Sociologist Prudence Carter argues that affirmative action policies increase the risk of students' feeling pressured to "act white."
C)Policymakers have argued that higher-education enrollment is not a state concern.
D)Universities have not been encouraged to also use affirmative action policies in faculty hiring.
Q2) Textbook writers describing the penning of the Declaration of Independence without acknowledging the influence of the governance of the Iroquois Nation is one example of what?
A)racial domination
B)segregated education
C)multicultural curricula
D)historic distortion
Q3) Explain the concept of a "model minority."
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Chapter 8: Aesthetics
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Q1) As a style of music,the blues evolved from spirituals in response to what?
A)the popularity of minstrelsy
B)the racial domination of African Americans by whites
C)the nonracist aesthetic
D)the events of the Civil Rights Movement
Q2) How might concerns about cultural authenticity of certain art forms ultimately stifle the evolution of that type of art?
Q3) What makes some comedy fit into the racist aesthetic and other comedy fit into the antiracist aesthetic?
A)Racist comedy is performed solely by white comedians;antiracist comedy is performed by both white and nonwhite comedians.
B)Racist comedy is comedians from one racial group making fun of those of another group;antiracist comedy is comedians making fun of their own race.
C)Racist comedy relies on stereotypes;antiracist comedy uses humor to break down stereotypes.
D)Racist comedy makes fun of only some groups of people;antiracist comedy makes fun of all groups equally.
Q4) How is The Brady Bunch an example of the white aesthetic in television?
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Chapter 9: Associations
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Q1) Describe three ways Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X were similar in their views and leadership styles.How did they contrast to Martin Luther King,Jr.?
Q2) As the city of Detroit faced climbing economic difficulties in the early to mid-2000s,public support for the busing system waned.In Detroit,a city that covers a large amount of geographic space,the buses are used primarily by inner city racial and ethnic minorities.The lack of white support for the busing system during this time is an example of what sociologists call:
A)The Florida Effect
B)The Urban Sprawl Effect
C)The Busing Divide
D)The Putnam Effect
Q3) What are the key demographic characteristics of the states with the highest percentages of white nationalists per 100,000 people?
Q4) Who helped to bring about the resurgence of black nationalism in the 1960s?
A)Marcus Garvey
B)Malcolm X
C)Thurgood Marshall
D)Martin Luther King,Jr.
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Chapter 10: Intimate Life
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Q1) One claim about the phenomenon referred to as the "new black nativism," a practice of limiting entry into the legitimate ranks of being black in America primarily to those descendent from American slavery,is:
A)that it dilutes the memory of historical African- and Caribbean-born leaders of the black community for example,Marcus Garvey)
B)that in highlighting the importance of lineage in American slavery,it has positively impacted the way that race and ethnicity are distinguished for example,the difference between being "African American" and "black")
C)that it is responsible for a tendency to define blackness in mostly negative terms for example,as opposed to being white)
D)that it requires us to think about whether we need to rethink the legitimacy of labeling President Obama the first "black" president
Q2) Even though we know that identity is complex and comprised of many different facets,we often select those things that cause us the most disadvantage to recognize and discuss;why is this? Provide an example from your own life to support your answer.
Q3) What is "racial authenticity," and why is it important?
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Chapter 11: Toward Racial Democracy
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Q1) In the United States,the census bureau classifies Hispanic-origin people as being either racially black or racially white.This classification is an example of:
A)symbolic reclassification
B)collective reasoning
C)society's symbolic order
D)hidden curriculum
Q2) A white politician,acknowledging the ways in which policies he previously supported have negatively impacted communities of color,makes the statement that he "only hopes that I can somehow change who I am in my remaining lifetime and pass on to my children what I've learned..." In this example,the man most likely:
A)is in the initial stages of racial awareness
B)is stuck in the experience of white guilt
C)has become bitter about his white racial identity
D)has confronted how his identity and actions feed racism
Q3) For proponents of the color-blind framework,what is the role of racial identity in society?
Q4) Can people go "too far" in accepting adversarial cultures through the lens of multiculturalism? Discuss one example to support your answer.
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