Is race a socially constructed idea or a biological fact?

[clemens]

I find this question very interesting and am wondering what kind of opinions people hold regarding this question. So, please share your opinions

 

[Tank]

Races of people behave the same no matter where they are in the world, It's biological

 

[JBeukema]

Depends. You you believe in science or not?

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[percysunshine]

'Race' is an imaginary construct of humans too old to play video games and too bored to do something useful with their lives.

 

[Tank]

I don't think Darwin played video games

 

[Flaylo]

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Its social, in America I'm black, but in Brazil I could one of several racial categories, its social.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

'Race' is an imaginary construct of humans too old to play video games and too bored to do something useful with their lives.

Which catagory do you fit into?

 

[uscitizen]

The NASCAR race is a socially constructed idea.

 

[Flagwavrusa]

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Its social, in America I'm black, but in Brazil I could one of several racial categories, its social.

Here's a stumper. Which one qualified for affirmative action in college?

 

[Flaylo]

I find this question very interesting and am wondering what kind of opinions people hold regarding this question. So, please share your opinions

Its social, in America I'm black, but in Brazil I could one of several racial categories, its social.

Here's a stumper. Which one qualified for affirmative action in college?

If you placed a white woman there then what?

 

[Flagwavrusa]

Its social, in America I'm black, but in Brazil I could one of several racial categories, its social.

Here's a stumper. Which one qualified for affirmative action in college?

If you placed a white woman there then what?

Sex is not a social construct either.

 

[Samson]

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Not really a question, unless you believe there is a "race" of black mice, and a "race" of white mice.

Do mice notice if they are black or white?

Humans, on the other hand, have the imagination to "socially construct" the concept of "race," religion, The Easter Bunny, and The US Dollar's Value, and all sorts of abstractions that have no root in reality.

 

[Flagwavrusa]

I find this question very interesting and am wondering what kind of opinions people hold regarding this question. So, please share your opinions

Not really a question, unless you believe there is a "race" of black mice, and a "race" of white mice.

Do mice notice if they are black or white?

Humans, on the other hand, have the imagination to "socially construct" the concept of "race," religion, The Easter Bunny, and The US Dollar's Value, and all sorts of abstractions that have no root in reality.

I think the idea that there is no such thing as race is the social construct that has no basis in reality. Studies show that a person's race is easily identifiable through analyzing their genes. Denying the concept of race requires a lot of fiction writing, gullibility, and class room indoctrination.

 

[IanC]

obviously there are both physical reality-based definitions of race and social, value based definitions of race. you can twist the terminology of one but you can't argue away the reality of the other.

Samson makes the age old mistake of defining race by skin colour. negroes arent black because of their skin colour, they have skin colour because they are black. genetics are the cause, phenotypes are the visible results.

 

[Samson]

negroes arent black because of their skin colour.

Well, you've proven it.



Being human means having the intellect to ignore your own stupidity.

 

[IanC]

negroes arent black because of their skin colour.

Well, you've proven it.



Being human means having the intellect to ignore your own stupidity.

so you finally realize the phenotype skin colour of a race is only an expression of the underlying continental genetic cluster rather than the cause?

 

[52ndStreet]

Race is Biological, and environmental. Genetics and biology play a big role,society plays a minor role.
Environmental situations also play a role in the construct of race.Hot tropical climates vs. Cold dark climates.
These are the facts.

 

[CandySlice]

Race is a fact, not a construct. Our cultures, our customs, our collective racial memories. Why is being cognizant of one's racial heritage such a big deal these days? And why have we made the very idea of mentioning a persons race, even in matters of identification, the prime sin of our times?
Once upon a time people took pride in their heritage and their racial identities. Now it's a cardinal trangression to even mention it.

You know what I think? Some people won't be happy until we are all one dull shade of gray with no genetic markers evident at all. Won't that be a fine world to live in?

 

[xsited1]

Its social, in America I'm black, but in Brazil I could one of several racial categories, its social.

Here's a stumper. Which one qualified for affirmative action in college?

If you placed a white woman there then what?

The order of importance is as follows:

Black Woman
Black Man
White Woman
White Man

Nobody cares about Asians.

 

[JBeukema]

Nobody cares about Asians.

With the highest average IQ of the major races, the Mongoloids are doing fine.