Which of the following best characterizes "ethnic groups"?
a. A group of families living in a well-defined geographical location.
b. A group of individuals who area, at some level, all biologically related to each other.
c. A group of people who all speak the same language.
d. A group of people who all seem to others to look like each other.
e. A group of people who view themselves as sharing an identity that separates them from others in society.
E
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