Marx argues that fetishizing commodities
a. creates the conditions necessary for developing class consciousness and thus sparking the communist revolution
b. leads us to attribute magical, personally transforming properties to the goods we buy
c. leads workers to endow machines with human qualities and assign the source of their exploitation to technology and the production of commodities
d. increases the surplus value produced during the production process
b. leads us to attribute magical, personally transforming properties to the goods we buy
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A) Government B) Cultural elites — that is, those who are culturally dominant C) The wealthy D) Groups excluded from the cultural elites
Discuss the plight of minority women in the United States. Use the example of Latinas to explain your answer
What will be an ideal response?
Women of color have had to be concerned with their own power or powerlessness in the
face of institutions that surround their lives. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The self-fulfilling prophecy __________
A) produces results that match the expectations teachers and administrators have of one group attaining great things and another group failing B) does little to justify the greater expenditures of time and resources for those in the higher track C) has little effect on students’ performance D) is an old psychological concept that does not apply to modern educational settings