An Anthropological Understanding of Ethnicity and Race Requires Exploring How

An anthropological understanding of ethnicity and race requires exploring how people and institutions define, negotiate, and even challenge their identities in society. One way anthropologists-and social scientists in general-do this is by studying status, which refers to

A) a mutually exclusive social identity that is set by others and has little to do with the actions of an individual.
B) any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society.
C) one's biologically determined identity within a hierarchical society.
D) one's socially negotiated identity, which always changes throughout a person's lifetime.
E) an identity determined by the state through census practices.