Which of the Following Factors Figure Prominently in Explaining Why

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following factors figure prominently in explaining why minority youth are often academic underachievers?

• A) minority children are less intelligent than other children are
• B) their ethnic peers devalue academics
• C) minority parents devalue academics
• D) minority children are less intelligent than other children are and minority parents devalue academics
• E) all of these

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