In the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century

question 85

Multiple Choice

In the first decade of the twenty-first century,

• A) half of all African Americans were members of the middle class.
• B) African Americans constituted three percent of the nation's college population.
• C) there was little-to-no economic disparity between black and white professionals.
• D) half of all African Americans lived in poverty as members of the "underclass."
• E) the percentage of black high school graduates going to college still lagged significantly behind that of white high school graduates.

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