The sociologist Amy L.Best,in "Doing Race in the Context of Feminist Interviewing: Constructing Whiteness through Talk," analyzed how two African American teenagers had to create racial identities during their interview with her.What does this analysis suggest about race?
A) Racism is partly driven by economic competition and the struggle over scarce resources.
B) Even master statuses like race and gender have to be constructed in the negotiation between what we project and what others recognize.
C) People have a tendency toward ethnocentrism or the belief that one's own culture and way of life are right and normal.
D) Race is not just a secondary phenomenon that results from the class system.

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The analysis suggests that race, even though it is a master status, is constructed through negotiation between self-presentation and recognition by others. This implies that race is not an inherent part of an individual's identity, but rather something that is created within a particular social context.

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