The relationship of race and crime became an important political issue when which presidential candidate ran television advertisements about the rape of a white woman by a furloughed black murderer?
a. Ronald Reagan (1980)
b. George H. W. Bush (1988)
c. Bill Clinton (1992)
d. Al Gore (2000)
Answer: b
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