De jure discrimination and de facto discrimination are two ways in which some Americans are treated as less equal than others. Examples of governmental actions or public policies designed to address each of these forms of discrimination are
A. the Brown decision (de jure), and affirmative action (de facto).
B. the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (de jure), and the Brown decision (de facto).
C. the Supreme Court's busing decisions (de jure), and affirmative action decisions (de facto).
D. affirmative action (de jure), and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (de facto).
E. None of these answers is correct.
Answer: A
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