Some Social Critics Maintain That the U

question 23

Multiple Choice

Some social critics maintain that the U.S. government classifies people of Middle Eastern and Arab ancestry as "white" because

• A)most Middle Easterners self-classify themselves as white.
• B)the Middle East holds important symbolic values that whites with power to classify hoped to associate with their "race."
• C)this ancestry group doesn't fit clearly into the "black" category.
• D)the dominant population classifies Middle Easterners as "white."

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Definitions:

Sick Role

A sociological concept describing the social expectations of how an individual behaves when ill.

Diagnosis

The identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.

Illness Management

Refers to the strategies and practices employed to control or cope with a disease, aiming to improve the patient's quality of life.

Acute

Refers to conditions or diseases that occur suddenly and often severely, demanding immediate attention, but typically are short-lived.