Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is CORRECT about human races as they are commonly defined in North America?

  1. They imitate social rather than biological realities.

  2. Physical traits (such as skin color) that we think of as characteristic of particular races are usually unique to them.

  3. Terms like Caucasoid and Negroid absolutely characterizes distinct biological races.

  4. They imitate biological realities.
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Explanation

There are no distinct biological races of humans today. However, we still often misuse the concept to label each other. Commonly defined races usually are groups of people who share ethnic identity and some broad physical similarities.

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