sas quiz 9 racism

t/f: whites who have graduated from high school are shown to live longer than blacks with a college education

true

t/f: at every level of education, whites live longer than blacks

true

t/f: higher level of discrimination are associated with elevated risk of diseases (ex: heart disease, cancer, mortality)

true.

study found that teenagers had increased stress leading to more diseases

implicit bias

unconscious automatic process that leads to different treatment of certain groups

institutional discrimination

Practices that discriminate, legally or illegally, against a minority group by virtue of its ethnicity, gender, culture, age, sexual orientation, or other target of societal or company prejudice

(ex: residential segregation)

residential segregation

Instance of social inequality on the local scale, where demographic groups are separated into different locations with unequal access to resources

which words from a college book database are associated with the word "black"

poor

violent

religious

lazy

cheerful

dangerous

which words from a college book database are associated with the word "white"

wealthy

progressive

conventional

stubborn

successful

educated

what was the wage gap in 90s and currently between black and white

59 cents to $1

methods david williams mentioned that are currently being done to combat racism

1. lawyers

2. provide job skills and training at medical facilitates

3. UNC lowers heart disease by providing daycare from birth

4. high quality education in prisons

5. health evaluation as part of freshman orientation

6. reducing hidden biases