Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton described inner-city areas, where African American people have little contact of any kind with people in the larger society, using which of the following concepts?

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Massey and Denton used the concept of hypersegregation to describe areas of extreme segregation where African Americans have limited contact with people outside of their community. Assimilation refers to the process of absorbing a minority group into a dominant culture, while pluralism refers to the coexistence of different ethnic groups in society. Institutional prejudice refers to discriminatory practices within larger systems, such as government or corporations. None of these concepts precisely capture the experience of hypersegregation.

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton Described Inner-City Areas, Where African