One Important Social Science Study Asked 800 Adults in the Chicago

question 186

Multiple Choice

One important social science study asked 800 adults in the Chicago area to describe their image of a racially ideal community. Which of the following did the social science researchers not find?

• A) Most white, black, and Latino respondents communicated that their ideal community would be a diverse one where their racial group was less than half the population.
• B) Black and Latino respondents mostly house-hunted in diverse areas where their racial group was less than half the population.
• C) Black respondents routinely chose to live segregated from other racial groups.
• D) White respondents mostly house-hunted in, and chose to reside in, communities where whites were the vast majority.

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