Question

If genetic differences between people who have different physical characteristics (like skin color) are minor, why do we as a society continue to use race as a socially significant category?

Answer 1

Race is a social construct and it was introduced in order to study the genetic and physical difference among people from various geographic locations. Later, Western countries, especially White people started to think of them as very superior and others as inferior. This led to the white people using their technological advancement to enslave others, especially the Africans and tried to establish that white skin color relates to intelligence. Although this was proved wrong some people still have the superiority complex that prevents them from working and living with others. It’s not genetics but one’s environment that would help one become a better person. Intelligence would depend on the amount of exposure one gets in terms of education and employment. White people, if not all hold on to race as a weapon to prove that they are superior. Race should only be used to study the differences and shouldn’t cause any differences among people.

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