While all Americans felt the shock of the Great Depression, black Americans __________

A) actually benefited due to government spending for social welfare
B) experienced special hardships due to the added burden of racial discrimination
C) determined that these were the circumstances that would bring about the uplift of the race
D) realized that their own peculiar economic standing protected them from the worst of the downturn


Answer: B

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