SOC 201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Forbes 400
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Sold his jeep cj7 to put himself through the police academy. He was a finalist for a job in a rural northern california town, but got bumped down the list by three women he says didn"t go through the same application process. When they take the chance that i had and allot it to three women just because they"re female, that burns me up," he says. When newsweek polled white american men in 1993, it found that a majority believed they were losing influence in american society. More to the point, the survey found that the average white male felt that he was losing his advantage in terms of jobs and income. Research suggests that when rights and privileges are extended to members of minority groups, members of the dominant group perceive their loss of advantage as discrimination. Moreover, the cost to dominant groups tends to be exaggerated by them.
