According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack

question 18

Multiple Choice

According to Bourgois in "Poverty at Work: Office Work and the Crack Alternative," second generation Puerto Rican men failed at entry-level service sector jobs because

• A) they were discriminated against by Anglo supervisors.
• B) they tried to unionize their places of employment.
• C) most dealt drugs at their workplace.
• D) the way they looked and walked often frightened middle-class Anglos on the job.

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