Racial Classification Is Difficult Because

question 112

Multiple Choice

Racial classification is difficult because

• A) scientists keep changing their minds about what races are.
• B) race is socially constructed and definitions of race have changed over time for sociopolitical purposes.
• C) some races start to act more like other races, thus making it hard to differentiate among them.
• D) plastic surgery and skin lightening has made it harder to determine which race people belong to.

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Definitions:

Confusion Resolved

The clarification or elimination of misunderstanding, uncertainty, or difficulty.

Lactose Intolerance

A condition where individuals are unable to fully digest lactose, a sugar found in milk and dairy products, due to a deficiency in the enzyme lactase.

Working Hypothesis

A provisional theory or supposition established at the onset of research, guiding the initial stages of study.

Lactose Tolerance Allele

A genetic variant that enables individuals to digest lactose, the sugar found in milk, throughout adulthood.