Which of the Following Illustrates Structural Discrimination

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following illustrates structural discrimination?

• A)Blacks in American cities are commonly confined to inner city ghettos where they receive poor educations, which in turn lead to poor jobs and high rates of unemployment.
• B)A white manager refuses to hire a qualified black applicant on the basis of his race.
• C)A man is selected over a woman for the same job on the assumption that women are less capable than men.
• D)Those who are lowest in educational attainment exhibit the highest levels of prejudice against ethnic groups other than their own.

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Definitions:

Duplicated Chromosomes

Chromosomes that have undergone replication, resulting in two identical copies joined together, crucial for cell division.

Purine

A nitrogen-containing compound that is one of the two types of bases found in DNA and RNA, the other being pyrimidine.

Pyrimidine

A nitrogenous base found in nucleic acids, characterized by a single ring structure, such as cytosine, thymine (in DNA), and uracil (in RNA).

Diploid

Having two of each type of chromosome characteristic of the species (2n).