The one of the following that is NOT a fact regarding racial and ethnic inequality in the United States today is that:
A) since the civil rights movement of the 1960s, increasing numbers of African Americans have joined the middle class by attaining a college education, professional occupations, and new homes
B) blacks are much more likely than whites to live in poverty
C) immigrants from Mexico seek economic opportunity but have among the lowest levels of educational attainment of all groups, and many live in extreme poverty
D) de jure segregation ended about two decades before the end of de facto segregation
E) blacks are more likely than whites to be socially isolated from good schools and economic opportunity.

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De jure segregation refers to segregation created by law, while de facto segregation refers to segregation that exists in practice. While de jure segregation ended with laws like the Civil Rights Act of 1964, de facto segregation still persists today. Therefore, it is not a fact that de facto segregation ended two decades before the end of de jure segregation.

The One of the Following That Is NOT a Fact