Prelim- USA inequalities

Question 1

If asked in the exam about inequalities between different ethnic groups, what would you talk about?

Answer 1

• income and unemployment
• Education
• crime and justice
• health
• housing

Question 2

Which two ethnic groups earn less than whites in the USA?

Answer 2

Blacks and Hispanics

Question 3

Which ethnic group can earn the same or sometimes more than whites in the USA?

Answer 3

Asians

Question 4

Why might blacks and Hispanics earn less than whites?

Answer 4

Because they are trapped in something known as the ‘poverty cycle’. Where the area that they live in prevents them having access to a quality education, high paying jobs, encouraging peer groups and so on. This environment is extremely hard to break put of.
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Question 5

Which areas is the poverty cycle more visible?

Answer 5

Inner-city areas

Question 6

What is the ‘white flight’?

Answer 6

White people were the ethnic group which could afford to move from the inner city to the suburbs, taking their much needed cash and taxes and leaving behind other ethnicities.

Question 7

What was the unemployment figures for 2014 for Hispanics?

Answer 7

8.6%

Question 8

What was the unemployment figures for 2014 for Blacks?

Answer 8

12.2%

Question 9

What was the unemployment figures for 2014 for Whites?

Answer 9

6.1%

Question 10

What was the unemployment figures for 2014 for Asians?

Answer 10

5.4%

Question 11

What was a Government response to income inequality in the USA?

Answer 11

TANF