The Difficulty of Many High-Performing Racial Minority Students in Getting

question 14

Multiple Choice

The difficulty of many high-performing racial minority students in getting accepted to a prestigious university because of the lack of rigor of their high school is an example of

• A) inequality of opportunity.
• B) inequality of outcome.
• C) de facto segregation.
• D) de jure segregation.

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