The jig is up. Thanks to the genetics revolution we now know that there is no such thing as race. The Human Genome Project (HGP) has determined unequivocally that there is the same amount of genetic variation among individuals within a so called racial group as there is between individuals in different racial groups. What that means is that there is no real genetic difference between blacks and whites or between whites and Asians or between any of the so called races.
http://www.adversity.net/FRAMES/Editorials/54_Paler_Shade_of_Black.htm
So race does play a very important role in our lives, and I think race is real as a social construct. It's not real as a biologically definable thing.
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-03.htm
Researchers know there is no scientific evidence for genetic differences between racial groups when it comes to athletic ability, but apparently some of the American public isn’t getting the message.
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/geneticprejudice.htm
http://www.adversity.net/FRAMES/Editorials/54_Paler_Shade_of_Black.htm
So race does play a very important role in our lives, and I think race is real as a social construct. It's not real as a biologically definable thing.
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-01-03.htm
Researchers know there is no scientific evidence for genetic differences between racial groups when it comes to athletic ability, but apparently some of the American public isn’t getting the message.
http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2006/geneticprejudice.htm