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