Defining Race

Race is mainly defined by the dictionary as a group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution. In class I learned that race is taken as an excuse for inequality and that race actually doesn't exist, it was just invented by humans who determine what race do you belong to. Many of these people that determine a race are white skin colored and are still discriminating afro-American people because of their skin color.

In many parts of the world, the race is the one who determines who has power, privilege and perspective. According to the PBS webpage, "We all know that people look different", which meant that all the people differ from one another in many aspects like race in some cases. Most of the people could say that slavery was a consequence of defining race but it existed way before people could decide to which race did they identified with. It also says that most traits are inherited independently to one another and that the genes for skin color have nothing to do with other genes like the eye color, hair texture, or the blood type.

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Citations: 

"What Is Race?" PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2014.