Mary Is a White Girl from a Poor Coal Mining

Mary is a White girl from a poor coal mining town in West Virginia. Jason is a Black boy from an affluent suburb of Boston. Who will score higher on an IQ test, and why?

A) Mary will score higher because she is white.
B) Jason will score higher because he is from an affluent background.
C) Jason will score higher because he is male.
D) There is no way to predict how either child will score based on their backgrounds.

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