Race, like ethnicity in general, is

A. a cultural category rather than a biological reality.
B. a biological reality as much as a cultural one.
C. used by social scientists to classify humans based on genes and shared blood.
D. poorly understood by geneticists and therefore considered a cultural category.
E. a meaningless concept to people living day to day.


Answer: A

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