What Does Appiah Mean by "Racial Prejudice

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Multiple Choice

What does Appiah mean by "racial prejudice"?

• A) The view that the racial essences of races entail certain morally relevant qualities
• B) The view that there are heritable characteristics possessed by certain people that allow us to categorize them by race
• C) The view that each race has a different moral status, independent of its racial essence
• D) The deformation of rationality in judgment that characterizes those whose racism is more than theoretical attachment

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Definitions:

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