(A link to an Anthropology/ Sociology/ Life Science journal on this topic would help as a credible reference.)
What is the biology of race, if there is one? What exactly gives someone a 'race' besides the human race?
I don't mean culture or heritage. I know what those are.
Why do the words Black, White, and Ethnic replace a person's respective culture or nationality?
2006-07-12 06:58:15 · 6 answers · asked by bethjaene 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Personally, I have problems saying the black race or white race, it doesn't sound right.
I have to agree with the opinion expressed in both articles that the word is outdated in the way you use it.
The definition as stated in (1) 5.a. below is really the only just one for me.
We (as a race) like to generalize. And it much easier to label a person based on their skin color rather than other attributes. This is too wide a label to really use, other than as an identifying attribute.
Most places the skin color is requested it is done for that purpose.
When used for any other purpose (other than genetic traits) the question should be omitted.
2006-07-12 07:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Don't look too close! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because everyone is so busy trying to be 'politcally correct' and can't seem to make up their minds as to how best to do it. It really is idiotic. We are humans ... period. Humans in different areas have different cultures ... period. 'Race' as you are asking about, is just a word made up by man to differentiate between skin tones. As time has gone by, man has tended to associate certain cultural traits with different skin types (mistakenly) and later with stereotypes. Thus, race has evolved into a dirty word.
2006-07-12 07:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by zharantan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Skin color is only one part of "race". All of us came from Africa and as we moved out from there natural selection change our features. Light skin helped the northern peoples use the sunlight they were exposed to better and such.
Indians(as in the country)have dark skin but are considered Caucasian is one example.
In reality we are all one race, some people who have nothing more than their skin color to be proud of just make a big deal of it.
2006-07-12 07:07:29 · answer #3 · answered by Ed M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't change anything respectively,unfortunately it does,it refers to racial background and original county of origin,for either blacks,whites and Asians,the modern world cant seem to understand about races,no-one has respect for each others race,they don't even try to understand,its white people who are the worst at racial discrimination.(Im Jewish American by the way.)
2006-07-12 07:14:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A think it should represent the nation you are from, but we don't associate it like that, its all black, white, mexican, indian, muslim, you name it everyone in this society has been branded, why can't we see we are all Gods children. We just look and act different. If we all looked and acted the same we would have no individuality and it would be rather boring.
2006-07-12 07:02:26 · answer #5 · answered by bryton1001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is only one race. We are all decendents of Adam and Eve, the first humans. From them we get all human characteristics, but they've been genetically isolated based on a persons region of habitat mostly.
2006-07-12 07:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by snodrift777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋