CH.11 Exam SOC 002i 2026
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Institutional discrimination - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When micro-level interactions
transform into macro-level phenomena and individual acts take on a
repetitive, patterned quality and eventually become embedded in the social
structure
Institutional racism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to macro-level policies and
procedures that have a disparate racial impact, such as how racial
, inequalities are perpetuated by policies and structural arrangements, like
housing policies.
Institutional homophobia and institutional classism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refer to
policies that have disparate impacts on the basis of sexual orientation and
social class standing, respectively.
The G.I. Bill - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Exacerbated inequalities as minority G.I.s
were systematically excluded from the same opportunities that allowed
whites to accumulate wealth.
Urban renewal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the planned demolition of
structures and the relocation of people and businesses—often minorities
and minority-owned businesses in the inner cities—with the goal of
improving infrastructure and business opportunities.
Eminent domain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the power, usually of the
government, to forcibly acquire private property and use it for the public
good.
Environmental racism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the disproportionate
negative impact of environmental hazards on people of color.
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Institutional discrimination - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔When micro-level interactions
transform into macro-level phenomena and individual acts take on a
repetitive, patterned quality and eventually become embedded in the social
structure
Institutional racism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to macro-level policies and
procedures that have a disparate racial impact, such as how racial
, inequalities are perpetuated by policies and structural arrangements, like
housing policies.
Institutional homophobia and institutional classism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refer to
policies that have disparate impacts on the basis of sexual orientation and
social class standing, respectively.
The G.I. Bill - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Exacerbated inequalities as minority G.I.s
were systematically excluded from the same opportunities that allowed
whites to accumulate wealth.
Urban renewal - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the planned demolition of
structures and the relocation of people and businesses—often minorities
and minority-owned businesses in the inner cities—with the goal of
improving infrastructure and business opportunities.
Eminent domain - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the power, usually of the
government, to forcibly acquire private property and use it for the public
good.
Environmental racism - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Refers to the disproportionate
negative impact of environmental hazards on people of color.
