Author Question: Erik, who is white, has recently purchased his first house. In an effort to ensure his property ... (Read 66 times)

dbose · **on:** Aug 8, 2018

Erik, who is white, has recently purchased his

first house. In an effort to ensure his property value would stay high, he looked for the best neighborhood he could afford in the best school system. As it turned out, his neighborhood was nearly all white. This is an example of __________.

A) institutional discrimination
B) social discrimination
C) institutional prejudice
D) social prejudice

Question 2

According to Robert Merton, discrimination against a particular group is __________.

A) always the acting-out of prejudice
B) only practiced by prejudiced people
C) not always the result of prejudice
D) practiced only by active bigots