All of the following are examples of the “white superiority” complex EXCEPT:
a. bringing a Pygmy man to the World’s Fair.
b. general racist discrimination against African-Americans.
c. use of census categories in the United States.
d. the classification of “higher” and “lower” races.
e. claims that no human ancestors did not come from Africa.
ANSWER: e
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