Recent Government Reports Signal the Cumulative Cost of Several Centuries

question 90

Multiple Choice

Recent government reports signal the cumulative cost of several centuries of white racial oppression, including:

• A) a life expectancy for the average black person three to four years (female/male) less than the average white person.
• B) the median black household being about 61 percent of the income of the median white household.
• C) the median wealth of black families being only about one thirteenth of the median wealth of white families.
• D) All the above

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Sole Good

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