Explain how race, class, and gender are synergistic forces

What will be an ideal response?


• The effect of membership in more than one category is not simply additive.
• For example, a woman who is both African American and belongs to the working class inhabits a world in which forces of gender, race, and class intersect with each other through the social and economic structures.
• In the legal profession, to be a person of color, lower class, and a woman is to have three strikes against you before you even start.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A municipal court subpoena is executed

a. by calling the witness on the telephone. b. the same as a justice court subpoena. c. by mailing a copy to the witness. d. None of the above is correct.

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What is it called when an appellate court upholds a lower court's decision?

a. affirmed b. reversed c. remanded d. recused

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Who was it who made proclamations in 2006 for Kashmiri Muslims to rise up against India?

a. Osama bin Laden b. Mullah Omar c. Rajiv Gandhi d. Gobind Singh

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