In the U.S. during the Jim Crow era (1880-1967) people legally classified as black chose to pass as white to increase chances of upward mobility. The choice to pass was dependent on the person possessing physical characteristics associated with white. In this sense the choice depended on
a. context.
b. chance.
c. achieved characteristics.
d. family wishes.
b
You might also like to view...
From which political position would someone criticize mass media and social media for drawing attention away from traditional culture?
A. equally from all political positions B. far-left position C. liberal position D. conservative position
Surveys measuring worker satisfaction have had contradictory findings
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The concept "retrospective labeling" refers to the process of ________
a. interpreting someone's past consistent with present deviance. b. defining someone as deviant for things done long before. c. criminal adults encouraging their children to become deviant. d. predicting someone's future based on past deviant acts.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Disneyland is an example of hyperreality. 2. During the Industrial Revolution, most social theorists focused on consumption. 3. In postmodern society, boundaries are becoming more solid and pronounced. 4. The simulations created in postmodern society reflect reality. 5. A central claim of queer theory is that, as binaries, heterosexuality and homosexuality define each other and hence depend on each other for their meaning.