How Did Anthropology Help Disprove Assumptions by American Educators in the 1960s

question 41

Multiple Choice

How did anthropology help disprove assumptions by American educators in the 1960s that African American schoolchildren rarely drank milk because they were poor and uneducated?

• A) Anthropological research has shown that many ethnic groups in different parts of the world, including Asians, Arabs, Jews, and African Americans, avoid fresh milk because they cannot digest it.
• B) Anthropologists established that milk was intentionally being withheld from black students as a form of institutionalized racism.
• C) Researchers established that African Americans can afford milk but do not like the taste of it.
• D) Anthropologists demonstrated that all ethnic groups who do not drink fresh milk are poor and uneducated, not just African Americans.

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Definitions:

Neuron

A nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system, responsible for receiving and transmitting information.

Action Potential

A rapid rise and subsequent fall in voltage or electrical charge across a cellular membrane, signaling between neurons.

Axon Terminals

The distal terminations of the branches of an axon, responsible for releasing neurotransmitters to signal adjacent neurons.

Parasympathetic

Part of the autonomic nervous system responsible for rest and digest functions, counterbalancing the fight-or-flight responses.