Two women are shopping in a store and begin to pay for their merchandise. The woman who is white pays by credit card and leaves. The other woman is not white and also pays with a credit card but is asked to show further identification. What may explain this discrepancy?

a. Socioeconomic status
b. Cultural difference model
c. White privilege
d. Social justice


ANS: C

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