Suppose that white workers are getting paid $21/hour, while similarly-productive African-American workers are getting paid $18/hour. A prejudiced white employer with a discrimination coefficient of $24/hour will:

A. Hire African-Americans only if their wage rate falls to $3/hour

B. Hire African-American workers

C. Not hire African-Americans at all, even if they offer to work for free

D. Not hire African-Americans, unless they work for free


C. Not hire African-Americans at all, even if they offer to work for free

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