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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.

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

According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, we “do gender”:

Racism in the United States are often dependent on these assumptions:

Cole attended a religious private school for eight years before going to a public high school. While discussing literature, Cole’s teacher often references the Bible without explaining them. The other students — even those who are Christian — need help understanding the references, but Cole knows them thoroughly. Relative to the other students, Cole has: