The supposedly "open" system of stratification in the United States is not completely open because:
a. the gap between the rich and the poor is impossible for the poor to breach.
b. since the system in the U.S. is based primarily on ascribed traits, there is nothing to be done about which strata of the system one belongs in.
c. elite parents use their wealth and power to increase their children's chance of future success.
d. all of the above
C
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