Practice mode Race and Ethnicity

Why do many sociologists put race in scare quotes?

Correct answer D. The concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used

Explanation

Biologists have found no clear genetic basis for dividing humans into races, yet the term remains widely used socially, so sociologists use quotation marks to signal its contested status.

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