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Race, ethnicity, culture, and science

However, substantial problems exist with this burgeoning literature. The categories of race or ethnic group are rarely defined, the use of terms is inconsistent, and people are often allocated to racial or ethnic groups, arbitrarily.² Some researchers use the original Blumenbach classification³ and class "Asians" as "Caucasian," though modern definitions often class "Asians" as "black."⁴ Some use "Afro- Caribbean" for people of African or Caribbean descent; others use it for people who are black and of Caribbean ancestry. The . . . [Full text of this article]

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