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When barack obama was a presidential candidate, he argued that racial prejudice is one of america's defining social problems. he was implicitly acknowledging that:

a. low-income women of all ethnicities see marriage as having few benefits.
b. membership in socially constructed categories of race and ethnicity can affect people's life chances in many ways.
c. race is constructed almost entirely in interaction.
d. racism is driven by economic factors and any solution to racism will have to involved affirmative action?

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B is the most correct answer. Just by existing in certain racial and ethnic classes, a person can have their chances for social mobility increased or decreased without any action or effort of their own. Social strictures in place regarding a person's ethnic background or race can make it easier or harder for a person and their experiences throughout life.
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