Reference no: EM13974010
Case: To BE ASIAN IN AMERICA Angela Johnson Meadows
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. In what ways have Asian Americans experienced "target" status?
2. Why are Asian Americans often not thought of as a minority group?
3. As a group, Asian Americans have the highest SAT scores and the highest college graduation rates. Then, how do you account for the fact that Asian Americans have found more success in small businesses than they have in Fortune 500 companies?
4. How does the educational success of Asian Americans contribute to popular prejudices about these groups?
Case: INVENTING HISPANICS: A DIVERSE MINORITY RESISTS BEING LABELED Amitai Etzioni
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What values, which tend to be strong in Hispanic cultures, contribute to popular stereotypes about Hispanic workers? How could these values contribute to a perception that Hispanics lack the initiative and drive so valued in today's workplace?
2. What are the common stereotypes about Hispanics? How could these stereotypes affect career mobility for Hispanics?
3. What role has the popular media (television, newspapers, movies, music, etc.) played in the perpetuation of these stereotypes?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages to household debt
: What are the advantages and disadvantages to household debt? Are these the same advantages and disadvantages as government debt?
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How do white people seem to be aware/unaware of ethic roots
: How do white people you know seem to be aware or unaware of their ethnic roots? Or whiteness?
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Profitability index of the project
: The present value of the cash inflows would be $56,500. The profitability index of the project is closest to: (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
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How do white people seem to be aware/unaware of ethic roots
: How do white people you know seem to be aware or unaware of their ethnic roots? Or whiteness?
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What ways have asian americans experienced target status
: What values, which tend to be strong in Hispanic cultures, contribute to popular stereotypes about Hispanic workers? How could these values contribute to a perception that Hispanics lack the initiative and drive so valued in today's workplace?
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What domestic policy can it implement to attain the goals
: What domestic policy or policies can it implement to attain these goals? What policies could it encourage its trading partners to implement to help attain these goals?
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What are the pluses and minuses of producing
: Could more vaccine be made available if the government or patients simply paid more money for it? What are the pluses and minuses of producing extra at an increased cost?
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How is a cash budget different from a set of pro forma
: How is a cash budget different from a set of pro forma financial statements? Why do you think that firms typical create cash budgets at higher frequencies than they create pro forma statements?
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What is the firm roa
: Beckinsale, Inc., has a profit margin of 6.9 percent on sales of $24,200,000. Assume the firm has debt of $9,500,000 and total assets of $16,100,000. Required: What is the firm's ROA?
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