you first will need to complete the PBS "Race – The Power of Illusion, Sorting People" (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. exercise.* Next, click on “Begin Sorting” and follow the provided directions to complete the task. After you complete the exercise, read your results and the ways in which each participant self-identifies themselves, and then explore other links to the right of the exercise window, such as “What is Race?” and “Human Diversity.”

Next after completing the “Sorting People” exercise, discuss with your classmates this exercise for your discussion assignment. For this discussion, please answer each of the following questions.**

1) Describe the difficulties of classifying humans in to racial categories such as the five “race” categories recognized by the U.S. Census.

2) Why is the concept of race an impossible idea and how was this illustrated by the PBS "Sorting People" exercise?

3) What are some of the preferred methods used by many anthropologists to describe differences among populations of people and why?

*If you are not able to access the website via the above link, simply visit the PBS web site by entering the following address: http://www.pbs.org/race/002_SortingPeople/002_00-home.htm (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

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please write 300 words!

please write 300 words!

please write 300 words!