Class perspectives emphasize the role of the capitalist class in racial exploitation.Sociologist Oliver Cox suggested that African Americans were enslaved because:
A)of prejudice toward black-skinned people
B)they were the cheapest and best workers the owners could find for heavy labor in the mines and on plantations
C)they allowed themselves to be dominated
D)of the owed debts they were unable to pay

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Oliver Cox argued that the capitalist class enslaved African Americans because they were the cheapest and most efficient labor force available for heavy labor in the mines and on plantations. This decision was based on economic exploitation rather than racial prejudice. Cox also suggested that the capitalist class used racial ideology to justify the exploitation of African Americans and to divide the working class.

Class Perspectives Emphasize the Role of the Capitalist Class in Racial