If women have long wait lines in public restrooms because they primp, Molotch suggests that:

We give women more sq ft at least until this culture changes

According to Harvey Molotch, Black people’s long waits to obtain a job should be understood as

The consequence of structural inequalities

"The same rules for everyone can be unfair if those rules give an advantage to some." This is:

the ideology of equality of condition

Molotch's MAIN point is that

Equality is not necessarily produced by formally equal rules

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Equality of opportunity?

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A review of Molotch's "The Restroom and Equal Opportunity" and other sources on affirmative action

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1
According to Molotch, to fairly deal with inequalities regarding race, we should be:
color-sighted
Molotch is ambivalent about being one or the other
color-blind
either color-blind or color-sighted works
2
Does the SCOTUS allow quotas in college admissions?
Yes
No
3
"Everyone should abide by the same rules." This is the ideology of:
none of the above
Equality of outcome
Equality of opportunity
Equality of condition
4
Is Molotch for or against affirmative action policies?
He is ambivalent because he is not sure they would be fair
For
He believes they are fair in theory but in they won't work
Against
5
If women have long wait lines in public restrooms because they primp, Molotch suggests that:
We give women more sq ft at least until this culture changes
We make smaller sinks to press women to move faster
This shows that nothing justifies larger restrooms for women
6
Molotch believes that women should get more square footage than men in public bathrooms
False
True
7
According to Harvey Molotch, Black people’s long waits to obtain a job should be understood as
A problem that can be solved by individual effort
The consequence of structural inequalities
The result of their culture
All of the above
8
"The same rules for everyone can be unfair if those rules give an advantage to some." This is:
the ideology of equality of opportunity
the ideology of equality of outcome
the ideology of equality of condition
both ideologies of equality of opportunity and of condition
9
Does the SCOTUS allow affirmative action in college admissions?
Yes
No
10
Molotch's MAIN point is that
Whatever the size of bathrooms, women will always complain
Women's restroom lines are longer so they deserve more sq ft
To achieve equality we must be equal in all formalities
Equality is not necessarily produced by formally equal rules

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