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https://beta.prx.org/stories/85361 Use specific examples from the podcast, As Black as We Wish to Be, as evidence to support your answers to the following review questions. Indicate the time your evidence is heard by citing the time (2:08) in your answers. ESSAY QUESTION: Many anthropologists and social scientists claim that race is constructed culturally rather than biologically. How well do the lived experiences of the residents of East Jackson support this claim? In your essay answer you must describe the special hierarchy of social stratification in Pike County, Ohio. What material evidence proves that some groups have more access to prestige, power & wealth than others? Which social groups and why? Give specific examples of the wealth, power & prestige involved. For example: Is their experience of social stratification explicitly racist? If so, how? What′s ″class″ got to do with it? How is one′s social identity successfully ascribed to the residents in East Jackson? By whom and for whom are the identities ascribed? Which social identities are achieved in East Jackson? How successfully are they achieved? By whom and for whom? What normally tacit cultural knowledge about ″race″ in the US does the lived experience of all the residents of Pike County make explicit?