. Ethnic identity depends on social context; it is situational. At different times, various of our ethnic identities will take precedence. This is evidence
a. of hierarchical nesting of ethnicity.
b. that ethnic identity is trivial or superficial.
c. that ethnicity is essentially the same thing as race.
d. that ethnicity is not a shared identity.
ANSWER:
a
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