Race, like ethnicity in general, is

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


Answer: A

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