In the Article Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity Is the following statement true or false: "Race in Latin American and the Caribbean - as throughout the whole world- is a cultural construction. Although often backed by scientific discourses and explanations racial typologies and hierarchies are ultimately cultural systems that attempt to explain differences in physical appearance or cultural attributes through reference to false assumptions about biological difference. Racial typologies in Latin America and hierarchies have not been consistent in Latin America, and they change both across regions and over time."

a. true
b. false


a. true

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a. culture b. society c. socialization d. interaction

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Which of these statements about social change is true?

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A. Surveys B. Interviews C. Experiments D. Assumptions

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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