By treating them as athletic bodies lacking mental capacity worthy of an education, schools indoctrinate Latino youth with lessons of racial subordination. These lessons are_____.

A) a hidden curriculum that operates as a mode of social control
B) prescribed by state boards of education
C) designed to produce resilience
D) ineffective in shaping behavior

Hidden Curriculum

Refers to the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives students learn in school beyond the formal curriculum.

Racial Subordination

The process or state of minorities being placed or maintained in a lower rank, class, or position by the dominant racial group in a society.

Athletic Bodies

The physical forms attained through rigorous exercise and training, often associated with sports and physical fitness.