Explain the statement “colonialism and development racialized international inequality and produced racial hierarchies across societies”.

What will be an ideal response?


Colonialism and its related development project introduced a new division of labor along racial lines, with colonists (mostly non-white) reduced to production and supply of raw materials to the mostly white European imperialists.

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a. doing quantitative research. b. making policy recommendations. c. blaming the victim. d. finding causes.

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____________________ is based on the idea that there are no fixed and stable identities that determine who we are.

a. Structural theory b. Conflict theory c. Interactionist theory d. Queer theory

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Which of the following was one of the reasons for excluding women from the medical field prior to the 20th century:

a. Women were too connected to the community. b. Women were too connected to nature. c. Male doctors wanted to commodify healing. d. Male doctors were scientifically trained and women were not.

Sociology