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True or False

True or False


This activity contains 10 questions.

	Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders numbered 10.2 million according to Census 2002, an 87% increase over 1990.    True  False

	Being viewed as a "model minority" is very functional for all members of the Asian community.    True  False

	In New York City's Chinatown neighborhood, about one-quarter of all families live below the poverty line, and in San Diego the Asian American dropout rates are close to 60 percent.    True  False

	If Asian Americans have succeeded in the United States, than Blacks and Hispanics must be responsible for their own low status. This view is consistent with the functionalists view of reality.    True  False

	Asian Americans have not been active in politics in the United States because older people remember when discrimination against them was blatant, and they tell others to "be quiet" and not attract attention.    True  False

	The first immigration of Filipinos to the United States took place shortly after World War II and consisted of many war veterans and their brides.    True  False

	While Buddhists are the majority in India and among the immigrants to the United States, significant religious minorities include Sikhs, Hindus, and Zoroastrians.    True  False

	For most immigrants from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia geographic mobility has been accompanied by downward social mobility.    True  False

	Despite a dramatic blending of different races living together, prejudice, discrimination, and pressure to assimilate are very much present in Hawaii.    True  False

	About 45 percent of all marriages in Hawaii are exogamous.    True  False

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