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Brazilians have many other racial categories including moreno, mulato, neguinho, and pretinho. Most of these terms do not have an equivalent in the United States. What does this tell you?

A) Race is a social construct.
B) Brazil places more importance on symbolic ethnicity.
C) The United States is less diverse than Brazil.
D) Brazil has never used science to classify its population.

Racial Categories

Classifications of humans into groups based on physical traits, ancestry, genetics, or social relations.

Brazil

Brazil is the largest country in both South America and Latin America, known for its diverse culture, tropical landscapes, and the Amazon rainforest, with Portuguese as its official language.

Social Construct

An idea or notion that appears to be natural and obvious to people who accept it but may not represent reality, built instead on social conventions.

  • Investigate the crafting of racial and ethnic distinctions in social settings and their role in shaping social perceptions and treatment of people.
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