Which of the Following Is NOT One of the Social

question 30

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the social forces that is ignored in blaming the poor for their poverty and suggesting that they work harder and "pull themselves up by their bootstraps"?

• A)racial and ethnic discrimination
• B)the outsourcing of manufacturing jobs
• C)the dire state of public education in distressed rural and urban areas
• D)the feminization of poverty

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