Oliver Cox, Applying a Class Perspective on Racial Inequality, Has

question 16

Multiple Choice

Oliver Cox, applying a class perspective on racial inequality, has suggested that African Americans were enslaved because __________.

• A) ​they were from less advanced societies and allowed themselves to be dominated
• B) ​of prejudice toward black-skinned people
• C) ​they were the cheapest and best workers the owners could find for heavy labor in the mines and on plantations
• D) ​they were unable to pay debts they had incurred