Do you believe that race is a social construct?

Question

I do, kind of. I don't see major differences between Europeans, Middle-Easterners, Jews, Indians, Turks, or Central Asians. The East-Asian people are not too dissimilar from whites either. People of these groups discriminating against each other is simply ridiculous, as they are all the same.

The black people of the world are an exception. I think they are a different species, and should be treated as such. What do you think?

Answer 1

it don't matter what race we are but some of white women will not think like that.

Answer 2

NO ONE should be treated different. No matter what race or color.

Answer 3

I don't. It is a genetic thing. If you take the DNA of a black person and that of a white person, you can tell which sample belongs to whom. Thus we are genetically different. No social conditioning can alter genetic code in people. This "social construct" idea is just political correctness.

But what's this about blacks being a different species? That's stupid. They are also human. Regardless of racial differences, everyone should be treated the same.

Answer 4

I'm a bit confused. What is it you are trying to get at?

Answer 5

Google "Race Myth" - you'll come up with a lot of information.

Studies show that we all come from Africa where the humans first appeared.  

Answer 6

Yes, race is a social construct.  There are some genetic differences between peoples of different groups as you might expect.  But to say the blacks are a different species?  NO.  Blacks are the same species as whites, asians, indians, (american and non), or any other "race" that you might think of.  We are all human, which is what counts.

Answer 7

What you look like is determined by where your ancestors lived for a LONG time. If you leave that place, you'll start looking differently.  

Answer 8

Everybody started out as black, then a mistake happened and we got white people. Nice to know you guys was a missing chromosome in the DNA of a black person.