Christopher Concludes a Journal Article He Has Written with This

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Multiple Choice

Christopher concludes a journal article he has written with this sentence: "This irony points out that hunger is probably not a problem of production; it is a problem of distribution." What irony is Christopher likely referring to?

• A)There really is not enough food to go around.
• B)Food production has been steadily increasing, often in countries experiencing widespread hunger.
• C)The gendered nature of hunger disproportionately affects men.
• D)While often seen as a privileged group, poor whites constitute the largest segment of hungry people in the world.
• E)Even large chunks of wealthy people suffer from the effects of famine.

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