Thread: Humans vary biologically, but race is a social construct

Thread is worthless rhetoric until you actually define your terms.

race: each of the major groupings of humans, i.e. Black, White, and Asian, formulated via biological essentialism.

• "relates to a person's appearance - chiefly the color of their skin. It is determined biologically, with genetic traits such as skin color, eye color, hair color, bone/jaw structure etc."

ethnicity: each of the groupings of humans, i.e. the traditional Jew, Arab, Latino etc, formulated in accordance to inherited traits, tendencies, and ties.

• "relates to cultural factors such as nationality, culture, ancestry, language and beliefs."
• "defined in terms of shared genealogy, whether actual or presumed."

sources:
1. diffen.com/difference/Ethnicity_vs_Race
2. academic.udayton.edu/race/01race/race.htm <= sums up argument well
3. dictionary.reference.com/browse/race