Deck 27: William Julius Wilson, the Economic Plight of Inner-City Black Males From More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City

Question 1

Poor job prospects and joblessness for young black males, according to Wilson, are a consequence of

A) substandard education in some of the nation's worst schools.
B) employers' attitudes that cause them to pass over black male job applicants in favor of others.
C) their lack of a network of friends and family who can refer them to unadvertised job openings and vouch for them to prospective employers.
D) All of these contribute to their joblessness and poor job prospects.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What two approaches does Wilson use in order to understand the problems of inner-city black males?

A) examination of cultural and social structural factors
B) postindustrial theory and feminist theory
C) organizational rationality and political economy
D) historical path-dependency (events could not have unfolded otherwise) and

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Among the factors that make it difficult for inner-city black males to find decent jobs are

A) a lack of trust between job holders who might recommend someone for a job and the job seeker.
B) the fatalistic attitude that hard work and effort cannot help a person succeed.
C) the belief that they are discriminated against and no matter what they do, they will be treated unfairly.
D) preference for engaging in the illegal sale of drugs over a job that earns them

Answer 3

A

Question 4

William Julius Wilson's essay on inner-city black males primarily examines their

A) problems getting decent jobs.
B) high incarceration rate.
C) drug abuse and participation in the illegal drug economy.
D) poor record of completing school and low academic achievement scores.

Question 5

Wilson bases his examination of inner-city black males on all of the following research approaches EXCEPT

A) ethnographic research that he and his team of researchers conducted for many years.
B) studies on inner-city black males by other researchers.
C) survey research and data reported in scholarly articles and books.
D) statements from inner-city black males gathered by the U.S. Department of Labor's decennial survey of joblessness and the low-wage job market.