Author Question: John Ogbu, a Nigerian anthropologist, studied minority children in schools in the United States. His ... (Read 86 times)

Diane · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

John Ogbu, a Nigerian anthropologist, studied minority children in schools in the United States. His conclusion is that:

a. They do as well as non-minority children.
b. Their performance is better in the arts than in the sciences.
c. These children are held back primarily by their culture.
d. Minority schools are equal physically to non-minority schools.
e. Children from voluntary immigrant groups do better than children from involuntary immigrant groups.

Question 2

Which of the following correctly identifies the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the government's response to it?

a. It allowed people to come together across racial and class lines.
b. It allowed people to come together across racial lines but not across class lines.
c. It deepened the divisions of race and class already present in New Orleans society.
d. It allowed the poor an access to wealth not previously available and allowed some to move into the middle class.
e. It created a new racism in a city that was among the least racist in America.