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Explain what is meant by "race." what does it mean to say that race is socially constructed?

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Answer from: smancilla2020

Race is not a real thing. I am Caucasian in part because my skin color is light, my eyes are blue, my facial features are small, and my hair is blonde. My son (adopted) on the other hand has medium brown skin, dark brown eyes, brown coarse hair, and asian and African features. What is he?

When most people see him with me and know he is my son, they assume he is biracial. Some think his father must be Asian others Black. When I say he is Black people are incredulous. Black people look at him and then they say - oh OK now I see it. Caucasian people say- are you sure he's not mixed.

In a way I am quite sure he is "mixed" or biracial - I doubt that everyone of his direct ancestors were Black, but they might have been. His mother and father both identified themselves as Black.

Race is not something that is an exact thing. It is a social construct. It is a reflection of who you are and what you perceive. So when a Caucasian person sees my darker skinned child they make assumptions (and construct their truth) on the basis of what they see and what they know to be true. And most of the time they are wrong. Hope this helps!!

Answer from: shamim5364

Race is the way humans categorize each other based on physical characteristics. It is socially constructed and has no biological foundation.

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Race refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. ... You can have more than one ethnicity but you are said to have one race, even if it's "mixed race". The term race refers to groups of people who have differences and similarities in biological traits deemed by society to be socially significant, meaning that people treat other people differently because of them. For instance, while differences and similarities in eye color have not been treated as socially significant, differences and similarities in skin color have.

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