The United States Is Not Truly Pluralistic Because

question 22

Multiple Choice

The United States is not truly pluralistic because

• A) of our history of slavery.
• B) racial and ethnic categories today do not have equal social standing.
• C) members of all ethnic categories wish to live only with others like themselves.
• D) some people still live in "ethnic enclaves."

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