Author Question: Identify which of the following is not evidence to examine whether the increasing proportion of ... (Read 32 times)

dmcintosh · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Identify which of the following is not evidence to examine whether the increasing proportion of non-whites will lead to a heightening of racial and ethnic tensions.

a. When the racial and ethnic differences that many Americans observe about new immigrants is combined with economic uncertainty, a volatile mix results.
b. Because almost all Americans are descended from immigrants, the United States is a multicultural melting pot.
c. New migrants tend to locate in enclaves and increase the tax burden on particular communities.
d. New migrants tend to locate where other poor people leave for obvious reasons like cheap housing, and, as a result, disadvantaged groups often must compete for relative advantage.

Question 2

The concept retrospective labeling refers to the process of

a. interpreting someone's past consistent with present deviance.
b. defining someone as deviant for things done long before.
c. criminal adults encouraging their children to become deviant.
d. predicting someone's future based on past deviant acts..