Assignment Due 4/10/08

Articles 61 & 62

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The Brown v. Board of Education decision:
a.
gave women the right to vote
b.
made abortion legal
c.
held that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional


____ 2. According to Bell, fifty years after the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education, the nation's racial dilemma has:
a.
become almost nonexistent
b.
become more complex rather than simplified
c.
remained the same


____ 3. After the Brown decision, when civil rights laws began to be implemented, claims of ____ started being made.
a.
prejudice
b.
institutional discrimination
c.
aversive racism
d.
reverse discrimination


____ 4. According to Kelley, most of the workers that make up the working class today are:
a.
brown and female
b.
blue-collar white boys


____ 5. The most obvious barrier to organizing immigrant workers have been:
a.
deindustrialization
b.
corporate downsizing
c.
the discriminatory immigration policy
d.
the erosion of the welfare state


____ 6. Justice for Janitors is made up primarily of workers who have been ignored, particularly:
a.
blue-collar white men
b.
Black and Latino men
c.
poor white women
d.
poor women of color


Essay

7. According to Bell, what effect did the Brown decision have for blacks and for white policymakers?

8. In what industries can we find the American working class today?

9. What is the mission of Justice for Janitors? What are its goals?

10. What is the significance of the Bus Riders Union?

Short Answer

11. Internet Sites and Questions for Further Study:

a. NEA Today
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0405/cover.html
1. What does the Harvard Civil Rights Project say with regard to “resegregation?”
2. Read the personal stories provided and key points in the timeline of Brown.
Comment on something you didn’t expect to read about.

b. Globalization Failing to Create New, Quality Jobs or Reduce Poverty
http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/econ/2005/1209reduce.htm
1. According to the International Labor Office, what percentage of the world’s
workers do not earn enough to lift themselves and their families above the US $2 a
day poverty line?
2. Is global wage inequality increasing or decreasing? Please explain your answer.