Marginalization is . . .
a. The conquest and exploitation by the European states of poorer peoples and lands in Latin America, Africa, and Asia
b. The forceful extension of a nation’s authority to other peoples by military, economic, and political domination
c. The extraction of profits from the resources and labor of others in an unjust way
d. The social process of making unimportant or powerless certain groups within a society, especially indigenous peoples and women
d. The social process of making unimportant or powerless certain groups within a society, especially indigenous peoples and women
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