According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," East Harlem men and women view their neighbors who manage to follow the "white woman's rules" during the day and street culture at night as

a. proud of their cultural heritage.
b. people to aspire to be like.
c. ashamed of who they truly are.
d. admirable.


Correct Answer: c

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More than 1,600 years after _________ was wounded, a set of cremated bones were excavated from Tomb II

a. Henry VIII b. George c. Phillip II d. Henry II

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a. placental mammals b. monotremes c. marsupials d. reptiles e. rodents

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