Comte de Gobineau, a French anthropologist, argued that human beings

A. were all the same, regardless of race.
B. could be classified by race, with the whites at the top and blacks at the bottom.
C. could be classified by race, with the French at the top and Asians at the bottom.
D. could be classified by race, but non-Europeans who adopted European culture could evolve to a higher state of being.

Question

Comte de Gobineau, a French anthropologist, argued that human beings 
    
A. were all the same, regardless of race.
B. could be classified by race, with the whites at the top and blacks at the bottom.
C. could be classified by race, with the French at the top and Asians at the bottom.
D. could be classified by race, but non-Europeans who adopted European culture could evolve to a higher state of being.

anonymous · Answer

I'm thinking its D