Organizations in the United States such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, have opposed adding a multiracial census category. This suggests that
A. both organizations need to hire anthropologists.
B. racial classification is a political issue, in that these groups fear their political clout will decline if their numbers go down.
C. racial classification is all about cultural pride.
D. racial classification can become more scientifically accurate despite people's ignorance to the contrary.
E. racial classification matters only to Hispanic minorities in the United States.
Question 2
Which of the following is a major difference between Brazilian and American racial taxonomies?
A. Brazilians do not recognize racial differences.
B. American categories are purer than Brazilian categories.
C. There are no important differences between the two taxonomies.
D. In the United States, social race is determined at birth and does not change, but in Brazil race can change from day to day.
E. Brazilian racial categories are based on genotype, whereas U.S. categories are based on phenotype.
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