Selective Recruitment Practices That Make Assumptions About Workers Based on Their

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Multiple Choice

Selective recruitment practices that make assumptions about workers based on their home address or neighborhood location_____.

• A) can lead to prosecution of employers, because these practices violate labor laws
• B) are a form of statistical discrimination against racial minorities, even if motivated by class bias
• C) affect all poor people equally and therefore do not contribute to economic and social disparities along racial lines
• D) are unrelated to the kinds of "hard" and "soft" skills that inner-city residents can offer to employers

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Definitions:

Neural Tube Defects

Birth defects of the brain, spine, or spinal cord occurring in the early stages of pregnancy due to incomplete development of the neural tube.

Pregnant

The state of carrying a developing fetus within the female body, typically lasting around 40 weeks from the last menstrual period to childbirth.

Maternal Obesity

A condition characterized by excessive body fat in a pregnant woman, which can increase the risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth.

Neural Tube Defects

Birth defects that occur due to the improper development of the neural tube during early pregnancy, resulting in conditions like spina bifida.