Articles #15 & #16
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. The black middle class and their residential enclaves are nearly invisible to the non-black public because of the intense:
a. | attention given to the black poor. |
b. | attention given to the white middle class. |
c. | attention given the working class. |
d. | focus on other community groups. |
____ 2. Indicative of the sparse research that does exist regarding the black middle class, the data indicate a continuing ____ between blacks and whites.
a. | similarity |
b. | balance |
c. | disparity |
d. | support |
____ 3. The black middle class faces housing segregation to the same extent as the:
a. | working class. |
b. | white middle class. |
c. | black poor. |
d. | homeless. |
____ 4. Mary Patillo-McCoy believes a more appropriate socioeconomic label for members of the black middle class is:
a. | middle middle class |
b. | new middle class |
c. | upper middle class |
d. | lower middle class |
____ 5. Real estate agents and apartment managers can easily turn away poor African Americans by simply quoting
a. | prohibitive home costs or high rents. |
b. | prohibitive home costs or low rents. |
c. | protective home costs and high rents. |
d. | none of the above |
____ 6. Predominantly ____ neighborhoods benefit from the historically determined and contemporarily sustained edge that whites enjoy.
a. | black |
b. | white |
c. | Hispanic |
d. | Asian |
Essay
7. Explore the geographic relationship between the black middle class neighborhoods and black poverty areas. What is the impact?
8. Why was the Ninth Ward in New Orleans so devastated by Hurricane Katrina?
9. Paying particular attention to race and class, compare and contrast the effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans with the 1995 heat wave in Chicago.
10. Describe the role that violence played in media reports on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. How was violence portrayed along race and social class lines?
Short Answer
11. Internet Exercises
Relating to Article #15
Catalyst: Groundbreaking Research
http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/topics.shtml
1. Select one area of research and briefly summarize the findings. What do these findings suggest about the experiences of working women?
Relating to Article #16
St. Petersburg Times Online: World and Nation
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/02/Worldandnation/Crisis_raises_questio.shtml
2. Describe the experiences of the Coleman and Dickson families during Hurricane Katrina. Do their stories sound similar or different to the experiences described in De Parle's article?
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