Structural violence can best be described as:

A) a systematic extermination of a group of people based solely on their race, gender, and religious affiliation
B) physical and psychological harm caused by an exploitative, impersonal, and unjust social, political, and economic system
C) a political system that classifies individuals in order to deny them access to resources and authority
D) a doctrine of superiority that leads to the dehumanization of a group of people based on their cultural practices and physical race

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Final Answer : B, Explanation :  Structural violence refers to the harm caused by a social, political, and economic system that has a structural inequality and injustice built into it, leading to the suffering and marginalization of certain groups of people. It is not necessarily a deliberate act of violence, but rather an outcome of systemic discrimination and oppression. Options A, C, and D, do not fully capture the concept of structural violence.

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