Recent Chinese immigrants to the U.S. often find jobs working in sweatshops in New York City's Chinatown, where they work 16 or more hours a day in the garment industry, earning less than minimum wage. The big businesses that hire these illegal and often uninformed immigrants illustrate
A. labeling theory.
B. exploitation theory.
C. the contact hypothesis.
D. a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Answer: B
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