In Regard to Race and Culture, What Was the Conclusion

question 26

Multiple Choice

In regard to race and culture, what was the conclusion of research done by anthropologists and psychologists during the late 1800s and early 1900s?

• A) Cultures gave unique positive and negative features but that none were altogether better or worse.
• B) Minority cultural groups had positive features that were recognized, appreciated, and incorporated by majority cultural groups, which is what kept the majority group in power.
• C) The dominant racial or cultural group, those of European ancestry, was superior to all ethnic or cultural minorities.
• D) Minority racial or cultural groups had more positive features than the majority group and were only kept out of power because of insufficient population numbers.

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