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littleanan

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A major difference between Brazilian and American racial classifications is that
 
  A. Brazilians do not recognize racial differences.
  B. American categories are purer than Brazilian ones.
  C. Brazilian racial categories are based on genotype, whereas American categories are based on phenotype.
  D. in the United States, social race is determined at birth and does not change, but in Brazil, racial identity can change from day to day.
  E. None of these answers is correct.

Question 2

The U.S. Census
 
  A. shows an increase of people choosing some other race on the census since 1980.
  B. uses a form with biological racial categories.
  C. found that people do not have any trouble selecting one racial category.
  D. uses a form with racial categories based on hyperdescent.
  E. uses the same racial categories as the categories used in the Canadian census.



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Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

A



littleanan

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again



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