Which of the following is an accurate portrayal of the black middle class people Lacy studied (in terms of their children's education and marital possibilities)?
a. they were open to their children attending white colleges, but feared interracial marriages.
b. they advocated their children attending primarily black colleges so that they would more likely marry someone of their race.
c. they had strong hopes that their children could attend predominantly white colleges so that they could marry a white person.
d. they had no opinion about what kind of college or who their children married, as long as they were happy.
Question 2
Among the middle class blacks studied by Lacy, which one of the following accurately reflects their feelings toward white society?
a. they are uniformly opposed to their children entering into white society and strongly advocate little interaction between blacks and whites.
b. they are strongly in favor of integration of blacks and whites, and do everything in their power to assure that their children interact with whites.
c. they have lukewarm feelings about their children assimilating into white culture, and fear that ongoing racial discrimination will hurt their chances of success.
d. none of the above
Black Knapweed
Creede, Colorado, circa 1890, a rough silver mining town that grew from 660 people in 1889 to over 1
The U.S. Social Class Ladder
Where do you think these people fit in Gans’ classification of urban dwellers?
A typical fire extinguisher designed to be used on class A, B, or C fires.
Out of Many: A History of the American People