A conscientious coffee consumer eager to thwart exploitation of plantation workers in underdeveloped countries buys nothing but fair-trade coffee. According to C. Wright Mills, what does this consumer possess?
A)social consciousness
B)sociological imagination
C) exploitative imagination
D) consumer consciousness

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The consumer possesses sociological imagination, which is the ability to see how larger social forces and structures (such as global inequalities in the coffee industry) shape individual experiences and opportunities.

A Conscientious Coffee Consumer Eager to Thwart Exploitation of Plantation