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kodithompson

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The meaning of race varies by time and place. In Brazil almost everyone thinks of themselves as multiracial. Americans, on the other hand, think of race in categorical terms and apply the label biracial or multiracial only to those who appear almost white.. These differences suggest that
 
  a. bi-racial should be a racial category.
  b. race is of no social consequence.
  c. the meaning of race varies by time and place.
  d. people need more racial choices.

Question 2

The fact that there are no sharp dividing lines specifying the physical boundaries that distinguish one race from another suggests that race is
 
  a. a biological fact. c. an illusion.
  b. inherited. d. of no social consequence.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

C



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