According to Conflict Theory, What Is the Real Source of Racism

question 108

Multiple Choice

According to conflict theory, what is the real source of racism?

• A) the need for social equality for capitalism to function
• B) the people who attempt to live as if they were members of a different racial group
• C) the struggle for power and control
• D) the desire for assimilation
• E) the ways people use cost-benefit analysis to decide if they want to display their ethnicity

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