Race and colour?

Question

What is the difference?

Because in the Constitution it talks about not discriminating on the basis of either. But I figured it might be repetition or is it?

Answer 1

Color is spelt colour hear in the United Kingdom.

Race is a group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution: the German race, so is not just a question of skin colour. It is an artificial construct. There is only one race in genetic terms: the human race. The differences between us genetically is tiny. The big differences are the ones we CREATE between ourselves culturally.

Answer 2

Color was a term used until fairly recently to differentiate between blacks and whites in the US. It had different meanings in different circumstances. Technically a person with one drop of black blood was considered black most places. Sometimes color did actually refer to the darkness of the skin. The terms used were crude and highly inaccurate. No one is really black, white, red or yellow.

Race claims a more scientific basis. It is wrong to stereotype or discriminate based on race but it can be helpful to classify people in those terms in limited circumstances. For example, black people have a high rate of high blood pressure. Knowing this, government and private organizations can target a specific population for screening and treatment.

Race is still a very crude way of dividing the world's population. There is no standard list of races. Sometimes it is equated with nationality but more often not. Usually all Asian groups are lumped in together and there are groups that really don't fit in any of the usual categories. In many ways, the divisions are the old color groups with fancy names.

I am hopeful that someday whether one's parents came from Africa or Europe will be no more important to others than whether they came from Norway or Denmark.

Answer 3

Skin color varies by locality, and ethnicity. Race is a group of individuals that share the same general characterists (stemming from a created gene pool). While Americans regard Chinese as just Chinese, there are 56 different ethnic groups, and from their shared characteristics, they tend to be similar in appearance. However with the advent of easier transportation, many of these races interbred and the differences are less obvious. In theory, it will take place globally at some time in the future and a single race/color will emerge. Those persons will probably be a light tan, with brown eyes and dark hair (likely black)

Answer 4

Race is the history of african american, white, hispanics etc. Colour I believe is just the colour of your skin. Depending if you are an ignorant person or someone with common sense that takes time to think about these types of questions.

Answer 5

Race is the politically correct term for the colour of someones skin.

Answer 6

Colour is exactly what it says, The Colour of your Skin. Race has to do with Religion and where you are from

Answer 7

Race refers to more than the colour of your skin. Race can be the religious group you belong to or where in the world you orignate.

Colour= UK
Color= US

Answer 8

Colour as in the colour of your skin and race is often quite vague and associated with religion, culture, ethnicity and colour- a kind of mish mash that's not clear.

Answer 9

Race refers to where a person's nationality is, such as being Native Amercian versus Asian versus African.

Colour refers to the skin tone, since you could have two people from Jamaica, one looks almost hispanic, and the other black as the ace of spades.

That's how I see it anyway.

Answer 10

Surely colour is a description of physical skin pigmentation as passed on by your parents where as race is a little ambigous and covers coluor bot also culture and language etc.