Which statement explains why youth from families with $200,000 or more income score more than 350 points higher on the SAT than youth from families with an income of $20,000 or less?
A. Social Darwinism shows that families who have high earnings are more intelligent and more deserving than families with low incomes.
B. Poor White people are physically and intellectually inferior to poor minorities, therefore, they cannot raise themselves out of poverty.
C. The end of No Child Left Behind means that schools in poor neighborhoods will not receive the funding they need to improve.
D. The many benefits of economic privilege include better nutrition, schools, medical care, and technology.
Answer: D
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a. relative poverty b. absolute poverty c. unrelative poverty d. structured poverty
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A. corporate governance. B. the law. C. a social system. D. politics.
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