The meaning of race varies by time and place. In Brazil almost everyone thinks of themselves as multiracial. Americans, on the other hand, think of race in categorical terms and apply the label "biracial" or "multiracial" only to those who appear "almost white.". These differences suggest that

a. biracial should be a racial category.
b. race is of no social consequence.
c. the meaning of race varies by time and place.
d. people need more racial choices.


c

Sociology

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

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a. finding any personal freedom. b. dealing with persistent poverty. c. gaining a sense of power. d. building a confident personal identity in a quickly changing and morally relativistic world.

Sociology

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A. managed in ways inappropriate for common culture. B. dominated by efforts to control the timing of death. C. less part of common experience. D. more devoted to elaborate mourning customs.

Sociology