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Research has shown that marriage does not have any positive health benefits for people. 

In your opinion, what is the most important issue or topic we covered this semester? Why?  One thoughtful paragraph  Please be specific, and full points are awarded when you connect to course material.  Worth up to 3 points 

Anthony and JR are freshmen at the University of California, Los Angeles. They have been assigned by the school to dorm together for their first year of college. They come from different racial-ethnic backgrounds and acknowledge they have had few interactions with people of the other person’s background. As the year goes on mutual understanding of each other increases and any prejudice they might have had has ceased. This story is an example of:

It is important to note that never-married adults means single adults. 

Research has shown that banks have refused to make loans to minorities. Even after retesting data bankers were more likely to reject many African Americans and Latinos although they had a good credit history. This is an example of:

Maxine believes that most people’s racial beliefs are based on images conveyed in popular media since many people never meet members of certain races for themselves. Maxine’s perspective is:

A person who is biologically female but identifies with the male gender and has undergone surgery to alter his body is considered____________.

The biological makeup of a male or female refers to: 

In the United States, most white persons marry white persons, and most African Americans marry African Americans. These informal norms are examples of: 

_____________ is the belief that one type of skin tone is superior or inferior to another within a racial group.