W.E.B. Du Bois described African Americans as having a double consciousness because
a. most felt that, compared to white people, they had to be twice as careful in how they acted.
b. there is a double disadvantage in being both poor and black.
c. black people have to work twice as hard as whites to get the same reward.
d. they are American citizens who have a second identity based on skin color.
Question 2
Which theoretical approach would highlight the fact that, on average, African American families have less income than white families?
a. the race-conflict approach
b. the gender-conflict approach
c. the structural-functional approach
d. the symbolic-interaction approach
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