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Halcyon asked in Social ScienceAnthropology · 8 years ago

Do you think that race is just a social construct?

Why?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    I have to respectfully disagree with Gray Bold. Yes, it's either a culturally-specific form of self-identification or a label arbitrarily ascribed to an individual. "Race" exists as a social reality, but not as a valid, coherent biological reality (I am not trying to be politically correct). A large majority of contemporary anthropologists and geneticists are in agreement with this view. Instead of genetically distinct "races," geographic ancestry or clines more aptly describes human variability.

    @Max, I read that post by Jerry Coyne. You can read this critique of it here: http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2012/02/continuous...

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Race is a social construct.

    Source(s): Burnoatus
  • Max
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    No. "Gray Bold" nailed it.

    Jerry Coyne has a phd in evolutionary biology from Harvard University:

    http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/02/28...

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I don't think, I KNOW it isnt.

    SJ who call race or gender social constructs are like the creationists of genetic studying.

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  • 8 years ago

    No. The difference in races reflects the adaptations isolated populations made to their specific environments.

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