Affirmative Action Is Controversial Because

question 84

Multiple Choice

Affirmative action is controversial because

• A) Americans argue about whether it promotes or restrains equality.
• B) the unemployment rate for Caucasian males has tripled since the 1970s.
• C) some argue that it limits political equality in order to promote cost effectiveness.
• D) it is a legacy of the Jim Crow era.
• E) some argue that it undermines popular sovereignty.

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