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?

Read the aphorisms. be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. an open foe may prove a curse; but a pretended friend is worse. a true friend is the best possession. according to these aphorisms from benjamin franklin's poor richard's almanack, what might happen if a person is careless in choosing a friend? it is best not to have friends because they will usually betray you. casual friends are often the best and can be more trusted than enemies. a person who has betrayed you can sometimes become a good friend. a friend who is not carefully chosen can be worse than an enemy.