How Did Blacks and Other Ethnic Groups Interpret the Causes

question 34

Multiple Choice

How did blacks and other ethnic groups interpret the causes of the Detroit race riot?

• A) They saw it as the result of ongoing, long-standing white supremacist tactics in Detroit.
• B) They thought blacks had been too aggressive in pushing for rights, and that they were probably under communist influence.
• C) White policies of lynching blacks for failing to take their hats off in a white woman's presence were ridiculous, demeaning, and should be changed.
• D) The NAACP's language of violence and retaliation was not part of protected First Amendment speech, and was a primary cause of black anger.

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Definitions:

Realistic Conflict Theory

A theory that suggests competition over limited resources leads to conflict and discrimination between groups.

Sherif's Summer Camp

A social psychology experiment by Muzafer Sherif that demonstrated how intergroup conflict arises from competition for resources and how such conflicts can be resolved through cooperative efforts towards shared goals.

Causal Agents

Entities or factors that cause or contribute to the production of an effect, outcome, or phenomenon.

Commons Dilemma

A situation where individuals, acting independently according to their own self-interest, deplete or spoil a shared resource, even though it is not in anyone's long-term interest.