Aren't we all just one race?

Question

We're all human and we all have melanin.

Why do some people feel they need to distinguish themselves from others?

Answer 1

No. Some of us are human and the rest are just stupid errors of sexual intercourse.

Answer 2

I agree that we are all one race. The reason we distinguish ourselves from others is social hierarchy. Being social, herd animals - we do have a need for a social structure. Declaring supremecy, whether it be by race, education, or wealth (or anything else) is an attempt to move higher up in the hierarchy. It's kinda like having alphas, betas, etc... Many people even do this sort of thing in smaller social groups (i.e. with our friends). For example, some girl steals her girlfriend's boyfriend. That's generally a move made by one girl to exert dominance over the other female. I know we don't like being compared to animals - but there are just instinctive things we do. I'm not condoning it because with our intelligence we could avoid distinguishing ourselves in hateful ways. I'm just saying I think that's partly why we distinguish ourselves.

Answer 3

According to the Bible, all people today descended from the survivors of a great Flood - Noah's family, who in turn descended from Adam and Eve (Gen 1:11). There are many stories, from many parts of the world, of a great Flood that only several people survived to repopulate the earth.
But today we have many different groups, often called "races" with what seem to be greatly differing features. The most obvious of these is skin color. Some see this as a reason to doubt the Bible's record of history. They believe that the various groups could have arisen only by evolving separately over tens of thousands of years. However, this does not follow from the evidence.
The Bible tells us how the population that descended from Noah's family had one language and were living together and disobeying God's command to "fill the earth" (Gen 9:1, 11:4). God confused their language, causing a break-up of the population into smaller groups, which scattered over the earth (Gen. 11:8-9). Modern genetics shows how, following such a break-up of a population, variations in skin color, for example, can develop in only a few generations. And there is good evidence to show that the various groups of people we have today have NOT been separated for huge periods of time.
One could say there is really only one race - the human race. The Bible teaches us that God has "made from one blood all nations of men" (Acts 17:26. Scripture distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings, not by skin color or physical features. Clearly, though, there are groups of people, who have certain features (e.g. skin color) in common, which distinguish them from other groups. We prefer to call these "people groups" rather than "races," to avoid the evolutionary and racist connotations that have become associated with the word "race."
All peoples can intermarry and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the "races" are not great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2%. Of this, only 6% can be linked to racial categories; the rest is "within race" variation.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than other black Americans.
For more information on this check out this link
"http://www.answersingenesis.org"

Answer 4

you know, i am 1/8 cherokee and i don't goin round sayin i'm native american all da time. i don't understand why either. we are all born the same. some with different traits why does that make someone better or worse than me or anyone else. it doesn't and those people who think they need to distinguish themselves from others are the people always swearing there is a hate crime against them everyday!!! it is rather annoying.

Answer 5

No human is above one another. Well, I'm not speaking about the blood-thirsty killers and such, but basically: racism is evil. We are separate races but that shouldn't matter.

Answer 6

Animals and plants have menalin too so that should also be included in your analysis. It's good for us to look at our similarities but most people only see the differences.

Answer 7

No such thing as the "human race." The human species is made up of many races.

Answer 8

Yes indeed one race...the human race with many beautiful shades and features.

Answer 9

It's an identity. People want to belong to a group, and there has never been a proposal that we are all one group. I think it's time for that.

Answer 10

yes we are all one race the human race

Answer 11

In the begining, God created. Adam And Eve were the first.. from there we are all brothers and sisters. no matter what color or country