Question

An elderly man who identifies as Mexican recalls how the U.S. census in 1940 categorized Mexican peoples as “White.” This is an example of which of the following?

fixed categories of race


social construct of race


fluid categories of ethnicity


biologically constructed race

Answer 1

I am thinking D, biologically constructed race.

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) social construct of race.

An elderly man who identifies as Mexican recalls how the U.S. census in 1940 categorized Mexican peoples as “White.” This is an example of a social construct of race.

Many scholars have debated the issue of race. Some say it is a social construct or a social construct. However, the social construct makes people identify and generalize one race in the same category of other. That is the case with this question. In that time, the forties, the census limited its classification to basic concepts. Mexicans were cataloged as "whites." Now, there is a correct division of races in which Hispanics are divided into nationalities: Mexicans, Peruvians, Argentinians, and more.