Why Did Early European Anthropologists Have a Bad Reputation Among

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Multiple Choice

Why did early European anthropologists have a bad reputation among the peoples of many European colonies?

• A) Applied anthropologists were attached to the militaries and foreign offices of colonial powers.
• B) European anthropologists were the original bureaucrats in early welfare states that administered the colonies.
• C) As white Europeans,anthropologists were held responsible for the actions of all Europeans.
• D) European anthropologists' agricultural development projects resulted in widespread starvation in the colonies.

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