Scholars have argued that race has been used as a tool of domination. Explain how race has been used to justify power inequalities
What will be an ideal response?
Beliefs about racial differences grew out of a context of conquest, exploitation, and enslavement and have a lengthy history of being used to justify power inequalities. Racial groups tend to be seen as a hierarchy with one race on top and other races relegated to inferior statuses. Racial categories tend to be imposed on individuals or groups by others whereas ethnic labels are self-imposed.
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a. Nonrational/collective. b. Nonrational/individual. c. Rational/collective. d. Rational/individual.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. conflict/critical; Marx b. conflict/critical; Merton c. structural/functionalist; Durkheim d. historical/comparative; Weber