All of the following are critiques of Alice Goffman's study of young African American men and their families in West Philadelphia except
A) As a white woman, Goffman should not have studied this population.
B) Goffman's accounts reinforced racial stereotypes.
C) Goffman was seen as being too close to her respondents.
D) Goffman's writing style and focus on individual people obscured the larger issues at work.

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The other critiques are valid points that have been made about Goffman's study, but this choice is incorrect because it is not a critique of her methodology, analysis, or writing style. It is a criticism of her positionality and authority to conduct research on a population to which she does not belong. However, this critique is not universally agreed upon and has been the subject of debate among scholars.

All of the Following Are Critiques of Alice Goffman's Study