When the language of the strong dominates the language of the weak, the weak experience
a) postmodern anxiety.
b) the labeling of their behavior as deviant.
c) positivistic pressures.
d) linguistic domination.
d) linguistic domination.
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b. most people live their entire lives as members of a social class very close to the one they were born into. c. a person's individual achievements have no effect on his or her social class. d. most individuals move down the social class ladder during their lifetimes.
Tova is a 14-year-old girl living in Baltimore. As she has reached her early teens, she recognizes that she is a distinctive individual with unique opinions, preferences, and habits. In other words, Tova has developed a sense of ______.
A. culture B. society C. self D. value
Barbara Ehrenreich studied inequality in everyday life as it is experienced by workers in jobs that paid $8.00 an hour or less. Ehrenreich's approach is one that a __________ would take
a. functionalist b. conflict theorist c. symbolic interactionist d. feminist
Which of the following is true of white-collar crimes?
A) They cause significant public harm.? B) ?They are not as serious as property crimes. C) ?They involve a lot of violence. D) ?They are primarily middle-class crimes. E) ?They are not lucrative as most offenders are caught easily.