Seleck's Idiology

**** What is Race ****

| Racism | Introduction | What is Race | Where racism comes from | Fascism | Race and Culture |
| Biological Construction of Race | Social & Legal Construction of Race | Hate Symbole of Race |
| Demonstration | Graphik Symbole of Race | Sign of Race | Home |


What is race? Who decides where a person fits in the racial, ethnic, or cultural landscape of a country, and upon what criteria do they base their decision? Too often these fundamental questions about race and identity are left unaddressed by those attempting to speak about the relationships among cultural groups in modern world. While society commonly assumes that a consensus exists on the relationship of race to identity in a country, there are competing views on this issue. Under the traditional view, race is a biological trait, susceptible of classification into four general types, and (in our more enlightened era) known to have no significant relation to culture. Emerging views of "race," however, recognize the untenability of biological or anthropological definitions of the term, but also assert that race reflects a social construct that affects people's lives.

When some people use the "race" they attach a biological meaning, still others use "race" as a socially constructed concept.  It is clear that even though race does not have a biological meaning, it does have a social meaning which has been legally constructed.


| Racism | Introduction | What is Race | Where racism comes from | Fascism | Race and Culture |
| Biological Construction of Race | Social & Legal Construction of Race | Hate Symbole of Race |
| Demonstration | Graphik Symbole of Race | Sign of Race | Home |

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