Since the Nineteenth Century, There Has Been a Tendency in the United

question 57

Multiple Choice

Since the nineteenth century, there has been a tendency in the United States to classify offspring of racially mixed couples as belonging to the race of the parent with the lowest racial status. What is this called?

• A) the multiculturalist concept
• B) the circumstantialist model
• C) the primordialist model
• D) the hypodescent concept

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Definitions:

Self-Contradictions

Statements that inherently contradict themselves, making them logically untrue.

Conjunction

A word that connects phrases, clauses, or words together in a sentence; in logic, it represents a compound statement that is true only if both of its component statements are true.

Conjunct

An element of a conjunction in logic, being one of the propositions that are combined by "and" to form a conjunction.

Self-Contradiction

A statement that denies itself, presenting an inconsistency that renders the statement false.