Define Du Bois’s concept of the Talented Tenth. Explain why you agree or disagree with this concept.

What will be an ideal response?


Discusses the belief that Du Bois had about the percentage of African-Americans that can pull the race out of the position the group as a whole is in within the American system.

Sociology

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Which of the following best defines dependency theory?

A. Inequality is caused by the exploitation of poor nations. B. Nations become more equal as they develop. C. Global inequality is caused by cultural differences. D. Global inequality is caused by differences in development.

Sociology

__________ refers to living life as the opposite sex

(a) Transvestite (b) Transgendered (c) Homosexuality (d) Hermaphrodite

Sociology

Which of these is a core nation, according to Emmanuel Wallerstein?

a. China b. India c. Canada d. Burma

Sociology

Sue lives in a country where women have multiple husbands. This type of marital pattern is referred to as:

a. polygyny b. polyandry c. monogamy d. heterogamy

Sociology