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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.

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

Step-by-step explanation:

Racism is a type of prejudice that even nowadays continues to exist and sadly many important people try to encourage it, like ____________. Feel free to fill in the blank with your favorite president or favorite cabinet member.

Racism is bad, and racist people are bad people. So it shouldn't be a surprise that a racist man/woman will not hire African Americans even if they offer to work for free. They wouldn't probably hire Latin workers or Asians either.

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