Article review about the concept of "race".

Article: Snipp, C.M. (2010). Defining race and ethnicity: The Constitution, the Supreme Court, and the Census.
In H. Markus & P. M. Moya (Eds.), Doing race: 21 essays for the 21st century (pp. 105-122). New York, NY:
W.W. Norton & Company.
Instruction: Answer each question and number each response. Use your own words and support your answers
with examples from the article. Your responses should include content from the readings, not just opinions. Do
NOT use long quotes from the article. For each questions, respond in 1-2 paragraphs.
Be sure to support your answers by providing specific examples from the reading and citing the source.
Your citations MUST include the last names of the author(s), date of publication, and the specific page number
if you use direct quotes.
Questions:
Answer the following questions based upon this article:

1. In your own words, explain the three types of racial definitions (mystical definitions, biological definitions, and
   administrative definitions) (pp. 109-111). Which type of racial definition are you the most familiar with? Which
   racial definition do you think has been used the most to frame the construct of race in the United States?
2. Name five specific ways in which the official racial and ethnic classifications in the Census have been
   adjusted to reflect socio-historical changes in the US population. For example, does the article list out
   examples of how categories or questions have changed over time?
3. The OMB Directive No. 15 was developed as a framework to the guide the federal government in collecting
   data on race and ethnicity in the US. With respect to the classifications created in the guide, the directive
   states, "these classifications should not be interpreted as being scientific or anthropological in nature" (OMB,
   1977). What does it mean that the classifications "should not be interpreted as being scientific or
   anthropological in nature?"

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