Are humans racist? Why does "the race" refer to humans???

Question

6. the human race or family; humankind: Nuclear weapons pose a threat to the race.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/race

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Answer 1

Humans come in two types:

The light skinned smart ones

The dark skinned violent ones

Answer 2

i dont know and i dont care but today african americans are more racist to whites then vice versa, yet you only here african american's complaining

Answer 3

racism has not completely died out yet

Answer 4

well it don't just refer to humans as u can tell that's what the dictionary says . it can also mean alien . it means a living intelligent object as that is a race meaning breed of a living organism  

Answer 5

yea the form of expression used is kinda wierd but racism is something that some humans have

Answer 6

some are. not everyone. everyone thinks different. but the definition doesn't exactly say we are racist. "race" is just a way/word separating our regions and background.

Answer 7

very interesting question

but im a bit confused

are you asking why humans dont consider animals a race.

or dont consider themselves apart of the animal race

or if humans are racist against other animals

Answer 8

The biggest racist in America are rich white Liberal elites who are racist haters of their own white race they wish to destroy.

Answer 9

edit:

After reading what you added, I don't necesarrily think humans are racist (if you mean race meaning all creatures), but believe that lifeforms that can't rationalize on our level are just insignificant in the great scheme of things. Of course this doesn't apply to all humans and is a flawed way of thinking, because honestly in the long run our entire existence is insignificant.

Also, Monti Pwns all , I can't begin to tell you how wrong you are with that statement. What makes you think African-Americans are more racist than caucasians people? What would make you think caucasians are more racist than African-Americans? Racism is dreadful in general, putting a "less" or "more" on top of such a horrible occurrence just makes things worst.

Answer 10

racism is just a modern expression for somthing that used to be normal behaviour necessary to protect yourself and your kin.

Answer 11

i dunno but i hate racist ppl sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo... much like dont u huh  i wanna be besrt answer sooooooooooooo make me best answer kkkkkkkkkkkk

Answer 12

i dont know but you seem to have it all figured out, so good job.

Answer 13

not of the opposite s*x

Answer 14

I think so... look at us... we first divide the world into Continents, then sub-continents, then countries, then states, then city, then towns/villages, then streets, roads etc etc..... look at us we are always dividing amongst ourselves.... we have never though of all the human as one.