Though the overall poverty rate for African Americans declined during Clinton’s Presidency, your text notes what ominous statistic regarding black poverty?
a) The poverty rate for black children was higher than for African Americans as a whole.
b) The poverty rate for African Americans rose to thirty-three percent.
c) Poverty was highest in states with high concentrations of African Americans.
d) Federal funds were distributed to areas with high poverty rates in a way that disproportionately favored heavily white counties.
Answer: a
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