Once you have completed the “Digging Into Anthropology” activity in Chapter 4, please answer the following questions to the best of your ability.


1. Describe the results of your survey. What trends did you find in your data regarding why your participants classify themselves the way they do and what that classification means to them? Did any of your participants question the racial/ethnic classification system used in your society? If so, how so, and if not, why do you think they did not?

2. How do you classify your race and ethnicity? Why do you choose the classification you do, and what does it mean to you? Based on your own experience and the responses from your participants, how would you evaluate your society's racial and ethnic categories? Would you revise them? If so, why, and if not, why not?

3. Based on your experience with this activity and the content of this chapter, what role do you think anthropology plays—or should play—in challenging racism?