Question

Omi and winant suggest that race should be understood as

a. a meaningless social concept that has no basis in reality
b. an unstable concept that is constantly transformed by political struggle
c. an important biological category that accounts for fundamental social, economic, and political differences
d. a stable, unchanging concept jointly held by most civilized societies.

Answer 1

Choice (b) is the correct answer. Omi and Winant feel that race is a category that is constantly changing and, through political upheaval and resistance, never a specific set of characteristics. This instability leads to the changes of which characteristics are seen as important in a society.