Author Question: Which of these statements about the number of racial statuses in the U.S. is TRUE? a. The number ... (Read 76 times)

dbose · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

Which of these statements about the number of racial statuses in the U.S. is TRUE?

a. The number of racial statuses in the U.S. is unchanging.
b. In 2000, the census added the category of mixed race, increasing the number of racial statuses.
c. The number of racial statuses has been reduced to just two: white and people of color.
d. The census no longer tracks data on race.

Question 2

When studying the relationship between social structures and statuses, sociologists are concerned with four issues. Which of the following is NOT one of those issues?

a. the identification of the statuses that are available in a society
b. the elimination of statuses that do not benefit society
c. the distribution of people among different statuses
d. the consequences of occupying a particular status