In Most Societies, People Who Have the Most Power

question 5

Multiple Choice

In most societies, people who have the most power

• A) share it equally with those who have been historically disempowered
• B) find ways to multiply it so that those with less power can have more, even if they themselves continue to have the most
• C) dismantle their own racism and disinvest from racist privileges
• D) tend to downplay their racial identities and privileges and emphasize their ethnic identities

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Chromosomes that are not sex chromosomes, involved in determining most of an individual's genetic characteristics.

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The biological system that determines the development of sexual characteristics in an organism, often based on genetic makeup.

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