Which of the Following Is True of Durkheim's View of Prejudice

question 8

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of Durkheim's view of prejudice, discrimination, and institutional racism?

• A) He divided social inequalities into individual social inequalities and institutional social inequalities.
• B) He argued that the existence of external inequality in an industrial society indicates that its institutions aren't functioning well.
• C) He argued that the existence of inequality is functional because minority groups provide a cheap pool of labor to perform menial unskilled jobs.
• D) He argued that the exploitation of minority groups is built into the capitalist system.

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