Why do people refer to 'Race' ?. Surely as an animal we are all 'Breeds' ?

Question

Not a lot more to say on this one.
Except not sure if it should be in this category but its the most apt I think, as people who follow religion generally do not consider themselves to be what is proven (we are animals).
And therefore racist comments should more correctly be termed 'breedist' !.

Answer 1

The english language is known for its diversity.

Answer 2

The term race distinguishes one population of an animal species (including human) from another of the same subspecies. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color and facial features), genes, and self-identification. Conceptions of race, as well as specific racial groupings, vary by culture and time and are often controversial due to their impact on social identity and identity politics, and many regard race as a social construct. Legal definitions, common usage, and scientific meaning can all be confounded, and care must be taken to note the context in which it is used.

Since the 1940s, evolutionary scientists have rejected the view of race according to which any number of finite lists of essential characteristics could be used to determine a like number of races. For example, the convention of categorizing the human population based on human skin colors has been used, but hair colors, eye colors, nose sizes, lip sizes, and heights have not. Many evolutionary and social scientists think common race definitions, or any race definitions pertaining to humans, lack taxonomic rigour and validity. They argue that race definitions are imprecise, arbitrary, derived from custom, have many exceptions, have many gradations, and that the numbers of races observed vary according to the culture examined. They further maintain that "race" as such is best understood as a social construct, and they prefer to conceptualize and analyze human genotypic and phenotypic variation in terms of populations and clines instead.

Some scientists, however, have argued that this position is motivated more by political than scientific reasons. Some others also argue that categories of self-identified race/ethnicity or biogeographic ancestry are both valid and useful, that these categories correspond to clusters inferred from multilocus genetic data, and that this correspondence implies that genetic factors might contribute to unexplained phenotypic variation among groups.

Answer 3

I think that all evolutionists should be referred to as the breed if that's what they are. If I'm gonna be put in a category then I want to be HUMAN. Race is great to give you a sense of belonging with other people of like creed, however we are humans and all worth something. Anyway good question and ta

Answer 4

Because by using breed instead of race it infers that man is an animal, one of many, and not special as certain religions would have people believe.

I have no problem with the word breed as it is far closer to the truth.

Answer 5

Quite right the term race refers to a population, in primitive terms we are still animals and live up to that name very well.

Answer 6

Nice - to my knowledge there's no law against "breedism", so this gives us all a perfect defence when we call a you-know-what a you-know-what to his face.
It would also open the door for intelligent breeds to run for election, like foxes and badgers - we've had enough of slugs running the country.

Answer 7

You almost have a point, and I tend to agree with what you said. People just have an ego that means they have to consider themselves above mere animals.

Of course, we are decended from apes, but still, we've evolved (mostly) way beyond any other creatures, which is why we rule the earth.

Or something.

Answer 8

i don't think there is any scientific definition of different "races" in human beings, we are all part of a wide range of variations of one human race. as for "breeds", that refers to the willful creation of differences through selective pairing of males and females. Dog breeds are artificially created through "breeding" and if left to their own devices would all return to mutts, the true dog "race".

Answer 9

Lousy idea

Answer 10

Speak for yourself poodle man.