Applying the Hypothesis to Black-White Intermarriage Would Suggest Marrying Up

question 29

Multiple Choice

Applying the hypothesis to black-white intermarriage would suggest marrying up socioeconomically on the part of a white person, who, in effect, trades socially defined superior racial status for the economically superior status of a middle- or upper-middle class black partner.

• A) null
• B) pool-of-eligibles
• C) status exchange
• D) marriage

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