Growing Up in a Rural Area with Little Diversity, a Young

Multiple Choice

Growing up in a rural area with little diversity, a young girl hears her family and friends discuss how poor African American women do not deserve government assistance, such as welfare, because it is their fault that they are poor. This young girl is learning stereotypes, prejudicial behavior, and discrimination through ______.

A) sound scientific arguments
B) socialization
C) functionalism
D) justification