What is Culture?
Defining African American Consumers
Hip-Hop & History
Research Methods
Social Responsibility
100

A marketing strategy that recognizes the differences in culture and ethnicities of a target market



What is multicultural marketing?

100

Approximately 28% of this social media platforms 67 million users are African American

What is Twitter?

100

Adidas signed this rap group to a $1 million
endorsement deal in 1986, the first major endorsement deal with a hip-hop artist/act

Who is Run DMC? 
100

Interviews and focus groups are generally associated with this type of research method which includes gathering and interpreting non-numerical data

What is qualitative research?

100

The view that organizations should satisfy the
needs of consumers in a way that provides for
society’s well-being.

What is the societal marketing concept?

200

The adoption or use of elements of one culture by members of another culture; Oftentimes considered in the context of cultural property of a minority group used by members of the dominant culture without the permission of the originating culture

What is cultural appropriation?

200

African Americans, comprise this percentage of the total U.S. population,

What is 14%?

200

O.W. Gurley, a wealthy black landowner, purchased 40 acres of land in which city to create Black Wall Street, a community which thrived as the epicenter of African American business and culture in this city and state

What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?

200

This type of survey question allows respondents to choose from a set of predetermined responses

What is a closed-ended question?

200

Sets of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking to include particular groups that were historically discriminated against; Usually focused on areas in which such groups are underrepresented, mistreated or suffer from lack of public support — such as education and employment

What is affirmative action?

300

A population in which more than half represent social, ethnic, or racial minorities

What is majority-minority?

300

These two social-media sites have the broadest mobile reach among African Americans, as well as the greatest length of time spent on the site

What are Facebook and Instagram?

300

The first ready-made pancake mix which appeared in 1889, was the first product to use a black person as a trademark



What is Aunt Jemima? 

300

A rating scale used to measure opinions,
attitudes, or behaviors. It consists of a statement or a
question, followed by a series of five or seven answer
statements.

What is a likert scale question?

300

This type of corporate social responsibility refers to a
company’s obligation to give back to communities through charitable donations, volunteer work, and community involvement

What is philanthropic social responsibility? 

400

The process by which people learn the dynamics
of their surrounding culture and acquire
values and norms appropriate or necessary to
that culture

What is cultural encultration?

400

Current African American spending power

What is $1.6 trillion? 

400

During the 1940’s-1960’s this Black-owned Publishing company which owned Ebony and Jet magazines was used by national advertisers to market towards Black consumers

What is Johnson Publishing?

400

The observation of people in their own environment to understand their experiences, perspectives,
and everyday practices to gain a deep understanding of how culture influences consumer behavior and decision-making.

What is ethnography?

400

This perspective recognizes that each person has different circumstances and allocates the exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal
outcome

What is equity?

500

This type of cultural transmission occurs when individuals learn from their parents.

What is vertical cultural transmission?

500

The amount of wealth of the media Black household

What is $24,000?

500

This malt liquor brand manufactured by the Pabst
Brewing Company, rose to prominence during the late 1980s and early 1990s, relying heavily on advertising featuring various hip-hop artists including Snoop Dogg, WU Tang Clan, and Notorious BIG

What is St. Ides?

500

This type of survey involves multiple measurements over time?

What is a longitudinal survey?

500

Students for Fair Admissions Inc. sued these two institutions arguing that the universities in illegal racial balancing and penalizes Asian-American applicants.

What are Harvard and the University of North Carolina? 

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