The Sociologist Amy L

question 66

Multiple Choice

The sociologist Amy L. Best, in "Doing Race in the Context of Feminist Interviewing: Constructing Whiteness Through Talk," analyzed how two African American teenagers had to create racial identities during their interview with her. What does this analysis suggest about race?

• A) Racism is partly driven by economic competition and the struggle over scarce resources.
• B) Even master statuses like race and gender have to be constructed in the negotiation between what we project and what others recognize.
• C) People have a tendency toward ethnocentrism, or the belief that one's own culture and way of life are right and normal.
• D) There is a racial hierarchy in the United States.
• E) Race isn't just a secondary phenomenon that results from the class system.

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Definitions:

Precognition

The purported psychic ability to see or know about events before they happen.

Telekinesis

The purported psychic ability allowing a person to influence a physical system without physical interaction.

Clairvoyance

The alleged ability to gain information about an object, person, location, or physical event through extrasensory perception.

Psychometry

The claimed psychic ability to discover facts about an event or person by touching inanimate objects associated with them.