Which of the Following Is True of White Women's Place

question 16

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of white women's place in the U.S. contemporarily and historically?

• A) White women are significantly underrepresented at the top of major corporations and other powerful organizations today.
• B) White women have historically played a less central and less powerful role than white men in creating and maintaining the ongoing system of racial oppression.
• C) White women were seen by the white male "founders" as unequal by nature and in need of patriarchal control.
• D) In major contrast to black Americans, as the Dred Scott case (1857) made clear, white women possessed certain legal rights.
• E) All the above

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