Token stories of success and upward mobility (illustrated by Oprah Winfrey, J. K. Rowling, and Steve Jobs) reinforce ________ and perpetuate the myth that there is equal opportunity for all to achieve upward mobility in the United States.

A. assimilation
B. economic diversity
C. heterogeneity
D. class structure


Answer: D

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