Brooklyn and the World: A Globalization Module

Professor Timothy Shortell
Sociology Department, Brooklyn College, CUNY.

Dimensions of
Segregation

See if you can correctly answer the following questions. You won't be completely on your own, though. One of the great sociologists of the twentieth century, Professor Emile Durkheim, will assist you.

 

1. How is the category "poor" defined for these tables? Income ____ the poverty line.
less than 50% or below
less than 100% or below
less than 175% or below
less than 300% or below

2. For which pair is the segregation in 2000 substantially lower among affluent households than among poor households?
White-Black
Black-White
Hispanic-Black
Asian-Hispanic

3. Overall, do these tables suggest that race or class is more of a factor in segregation?
Race
Class
Both equally
You can't tell from the tables.

4. For which group is segregation in 2000 not higher among foreign-born as compared to native-born?
White-Black
Black-Hispanic
Hispanic-Asian
Black-Asian

5. The level of segregation for all immigrants relative to the native-born in 2000 was about ____.
84
50
33
You can't tell from the tables.

Professor Durkheim says:

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