One Place Where Social Scientists Have Found Significant Discrimination Against

question 7

Multiple Choice

One place where social scientists have found significant discrimination against blacks is in entry-level jobs and low-skilled positions. In a job applicant experiment:

• A) having a criminal record made no difference regardless of assumed racial background.
• B) the discrimination was less when both black and white applicants had criminal records.
• C) the applicant's job history was more important than racial differences.
• D) applicants with white-sounding names received many more callbacks than a person with a more African American name.

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