​Which of the Following Demonstrated the Persistent Racial Divide in America

question 24

Multiple Choice

​Which of the following demonstrated the persistent racial divide in America during the 1990s?

• A) ​The contrasting attitudes of whites and African Americans to the not guilty verdict in the O.J. Simpson murder case.
• B) ​The outbreak of the Los Angeles riots following the acquittal of white police officers who had been videotaped viciously beating a black suspect.
• C) ​America's segmented and separate residential patterns with minorities making up majorities within many American cities and whites dominating the suburbs.
• D) ​Massive partisan differences among black and white voters with African Americans and other minorities becoming more consequential parts of the Democratic base and whites gravitating increasingly to the Republicans.
• E) ​All of these choices are correct.

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