Which of the following statements about U.S.racial categories is true?
A)They are applied to endogamous breeding populations.
B)They are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in 1970s Louisiana.
C)They are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies.
D)They are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent.
E)They are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology.

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U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary and not based on biology, even though many people assume them to be. The Phipps case did not demonstrate the biological validity of racial categories, and Japan's racial categories are not relevant to the question. The statement about endogamous breeding populations is unclear and not relevant to the question. The statement about global racial categories is also not relevant, as the question specifically asks about U.S. racial categories.

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