Discriminatory Attitudes, Beliefs, and Practices Directed at a Group of People

question 22

Multiple Choice

Discriminatory attitudes, beliefs, and practices directed at a group of people based specifically on physical features such as skin color is most accurately referred to as ______.

• A) sexism
• B) disparity
• C) discrimination
• D) racism

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