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Race: Science's last taboo
Defining Race
We talk about ‘racism’ but do we really understand what ‘race’ means?
The Oxford English Dictionary gives 5 different definitions for the word and points out that some believe its usage should be avoided altogether, while The United Nations issued a Statement On Race affirming that there was only one race, the human race.
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All Definitions
An extremely unstable dichotomy of insignificant physicals differences constanly constructed and reproduced within a black/white binary.
Luke
I think race is like ethnicity but it's not just about your parents or what you look like but what you identify with and your lifestyle.
Paula
We've got white people who go for tanning, will you say they are trying to be black???don't be an idiot, be proud of who you are. Jamal-USA
Jamal
Our genetic background, our history and future is in our DNA.
R.C
A clumsy ill defined clustering of various ends of the spectrum of the of the small 0.1%> differences in genetic makeup; an invalid term.
Max
Different types of people e.g. irish, pakistanis, french etc...
kyle doherty
human
lisa lam
the colour people are
unknown
What race is NOT is being just a 'social construct'. SC makes no sense at all given evidences seen with twins and other hereditary traits.
Austin
It is a scientific continuum of differences between the genetics of people across the world, used to categorise positively and negatively
Sarah Powell
Race is skin color plus skin-color-associated superficial physical characteristics, including facial morphology and DNA-determined hair type
Francis L. Holland
Race is a convenient label for people to use to demonstrate their superiority
Anon
'Race' seperates how we look on the outside but doesnt change the person we are inside!
Lor
for me there is only one race - humaans, or humanity. we're not really that diverse. many differences, product of varied environments
uttermince
Race is an illusion of no real substance used to divide humans and "justify" ideas of supremacy.
Creeball
We all need to work togther selflessly, to ensure that in this century 'race' becomes a neutral word and our world becomes an equal place.
Gaydre Egan
a social construction applied to each and every one of us in order to separate us into groups relating to culture, religion, heritage etc.
jessica
Used to distinguish the differences between each and everyone of us which will inevitably lead to discrimination. I drew the short straw.
sai
Race is a human competitive activity which produces winners and losers as a indelible part of it`s structure.
Errol Richards
sight&sound plus 5 mins of fame black&white divide&rule you dont have to live inside the media
Ron
An trait shown by a group of people. This can vary from culture, skin colour and country.
Alan
'Race(s)' is a superficial and artificial term used to discriminate across various human values and characteristics....
ibefe
A social construct relating to ethnicity.
Tom FInan
'Race' is similar to the word 'Religion', as in it doesn't give you much credibility being one or the other but we all like to think it does
Fawad
Race is the colour of ur skin. Also ur heritage and origin. i.e. whatever you are by race thats who you are and what you are!!
aqua
It's a vaguely defined category, used for jusifying identity and difference, based on superficial and minor bodily differences.
danielp
A social construct that has manage to subordinate peoples' labour, health, lives to the power of those who are white.
Carolina
it is what people use to distinguish themselves from others and likely used as an effort to make oneself superior above another - Alina
Alina
A set of common attributes which have become prevalent amongst groups of people due to the environment of their ancestors over generations.
Jinny
Race is the final frontier, which needs to be explored, and the barriers of which need to be broken. Im am so down to see a completely mixed
James
Race is not a fiction at all. It has nothing to do with the color of skin. It has to do with a LOT MORE than that.
Narodnik
A person's race is not just the colour of their skin, its characteristics that put people in group for example, black skin or asian eyes.
Mahta
a social construct used to group different ethnicities into one homogenizing label
anita
Of course you can change your looks but race is something you will never change. Whoever thinks their race is better than others is misled.
Haroon
is my complection and culture....haitian is my race
jerry
'Race' is a social construct based on pseudo-science, first thought of in order to create hierarchies and endorse colonialism in the C19th
Nadine
A difference in backgrounds and beliefs between groups of people.
Fiona Liddle
There is only one race: the human race.
Evie
Race is a means of creating two groups: inferiors and superiors. Race has nothing to do with science, it simply creates ignorance.
Eve
The differences between us. A collective term to group together unique individuals with similarities such as skin colour or religious belief
Rachel
The concentration of visible melatonin and melanocytes in ones epidermis.
Gopal
A subset of the human race with common cultural or religious values, typically originating from a similar geographic area.
Roger Griffin
Polygenism
Paul Dirac
Race is not a social construct, we cannot deny its biological basis... although its should not be the base for judging people.
Greta
People of different cultures
kagami
a mindset
Rob
Race is based on your ancestors, but by no mean defines who you are.
Chelsea Lambert
Is the visible difference; must learn to accept it, then go on and accept all differences among people.
Amin from Iran
race is which ethnic minority/majority you belong to
durb
Race is a attribute or factor of our life/makeup that is predetermined by the 'seed' of our parents and the hereditary genetic contained.
Darren Chan
Race is accepting who you really are. Knowing your original roots, your culture and what is it that makes you unique.
P. Martin
Race is a competition to see who runs fastest. As a social or biological construct it has no meaning yet creates false divisions . Juanita
Juanita Cox
is a small part of the differences in humans
colin
A social construct manifested with superiority and inferiority complexes. Race shouldn't exists, culture equals diversity, race equals hate.
Adebola
A loose term used to sub-divide the homosapien species into groups of individuals with similar traits.
Amy
"Race" is the modern term for subspecies within Homo Sapiens, distinctions generally based on physical and ethnic differences between people
Alex
pigment mutation in the skin cells...
hastasiyim
Physical features that can indicate a person's genetic and geographical background but, increasingly in society, cannot inform prejudgement.
Karina
a term socially constructed 2 categorise social, cultural and biological difference, used in society 2 justify, challenge and i hope inspire
Dionne
I fink that a race iz wen ther is like 2 or 3 or more people and they is running and then on of dem wins and they is gold, silvar bronse.
Sammi boi
An overwhelmingly genetic basis on which the man and woman are seperate from others of their species
Esselle
The Human Race
KWS
Race is a fiction that we have made real. Dispite the fact that we recognise the fallacy of the term, 'race' shapes how we view each other.
Sandra
White Caucasian
Jake
Race is the term used for genetic variations within individuals which cause physical and instinctual differences within our species.
Nangwaya Omgili
A Fear of difference
Dean
socially constructed
Alice
"Race" Is currently misconceived. There is only one race. The Human Race.
Marquee Chang
The genetic differences between people who migrated from the same place then changed due to enviromental factors over millions of years.
Ayrton
A completely arbitrary division of human beings based on melanin and body shape which fails totally to account for individual difference.
pipkins
Race is an excuse to make us feel better about ourselves at the expense of others.
Adefemi
Race is just a label.
Marie
when a person believes their race to be superior to another race. When people judge or steortype someone because of their race.
Mercedez
Race should be about being able to celebrate who you are, that although we are one species we have our differences.sadly its divied so many.
jenny
Races exist in order to show us the beauty of this creation. There to make us understand we are all part of one Universal worldly order.
Lalita
An idea that never existed until a few centuries ago. Human beings have never needed to be a "race" for the majority of their existence.
Anon
Race differences are real because they produce different physical appearences and varying susceptability to diseases and reaction to climate
Fred
Race differences are real because they produce different physical appearences and varying susceptability to diseases and reaction to climate
Fred
Garbage designed to divde humans.
private
Race is another way to catagorise people, usually according to nationality, geographical location or lineage.
Chloe
Race is an illusion, a social construction of our modern society with no genetic basis. Race does not exist but racism is still very real.
EJ Laukknen
the variations of genome that result in different human physical attributes.
Nima Azodi
race is the affect our enviroment has had on the human form over many generations and the intergrations of diffrent communities over time
Bernice
A poor attempt to explain skin colour differences in human beings, and thereby justify prejudice and ignorance in society.
Ike
Race it what make's you what your are!
sam bradley
its a word.
elliott
A construct used by one group of people to distinguish percieved superiority over another using irrational fanaticism
Daniel
race is something that is used to separate the human culture. race is not only skin colour but also your ethnicity.
SatNav
Race is the classification of human beings use by some people to create hierarchy and subjugation. Ateh C.
Ateh C.
the product of 'labels' that humans seem to require based on phenotype.
Gayathri
Skin colour. It is nothing more than that it doesnt determain your character or anything. So these silly sterotypes have to stop
vicky
A way in which to divide the human population into a well devised hierarchy where the 'elite' race give themselves the power of prerogative.
India
A perception about others who are unlike you, based on skin colour, culture, accent, behaviour, something that exploits differences.
siva
Any living thing in minority is a different race no matter what colour or species ...
Rachad
An arbitrary pigeonholing system to save us the effort of treating every individual with the respect and understanding they deserve.
Martin
Obviously there was once many species of humans but now there are only a few hybridised species left that we call races.
monterey
PEOPLE FROM DIFF PARTS OF THE WORLD,
LARRA
Through interbreeding, humans have become just a few species types, unlike dogs which have many more species types that are very different.
monterey
Culture would be a more appropriate term to use & it would also offer more insight into the lives of that particular culture - VIP.
j
is a sociological defintion used to divide, conquer & justify oppression. Instead it is ethnicity, nationality, descent, etc. S.McGoldrick
Sarah McGoldrick
Race is a racial origin. However I think there is only one race because we all come from Africa!
Sarah
Race doesn't exist. The only race if you must use that term that matters is Human, like Bob Marley said we are one people
Karl. Moore
Race? We are the Human Race
Emma
Race is a social construct. The substantial physical differences between groups are not indicative of massive differences genetically.
Brian Turner
Race is another division that people use to define themselves and sometimes undermine themselves.
curious
Genetics and culture.
Becky
Race is the home in which we live when we are alive. When we die and our soul moves on; we are race less.
Cindy
part of ur identity the culture nd hertiage u were born into. characteristics that determin ur origin that u share with ppl of tht bkground
Kita
The learned ways of thinking, feeling, believing and behaving as if white or non-blacks is right and blacks and darker skinned ppl are not
Kyra D. Gaunt, Ph.D.
sex
Jaden
race is what you are part of, what area of the world you are from, culture. WE R THE HUMAN RACE
nerrelle
Race is an invention which serves to divide humanity in order to rationalise a particular (racial) societal order.
Stefan
we are all part of the HUMAN RACE that's it.
felicity
There is no such thing race. The world is always changing and new races are always forming, we are all part of eachothers races.
sarah
Race is a description of the culture and socio-economic background of a person. NOT the colour of their skin
Richard Galloway
Not just the colour of my skin it's a way of life through art, music, litreature, architecture, food, positive contribution to the world.
Rolston Mayers
Race is a word created to define DIFFERENCES and used to serve particular sociocultural, sociopolitical, and scientific agendas
Brigit
to me race is culture. and this culture has posative and negative aspects. and this culture can be detrimental when it has lost the positi
fowsiya shikhow
there is only one race the human race, the BNP needs to take cognisance of this!
alisha
race is a way of labelling an individual based on the pigmentation of their skin, unlike ethnicity.
Ash
race is who we are inside and out
nash
A race is a large group of people with a high degree of shared ancestry and and a very extended family which has is highly interbred
Jefferson
race is a form of discriminating among beings, sometimes physically, and carries identity from origin.
alex
Race to me is the Origin/Country/Tribe you originate from, not your skin colour.
Ben
A socially constructed term
kelly h
Race is a beauty of difference.
Mon
A scientific term developed out of fear, anxiety, and intolerance to difference, in order to enhance the perception of self as civilized.
Ann
'Race' itself is a social construct. What we define anything as, is and always will be designed to reduce the complexities of life.
Emmanuel.S.
There is only 1 race, the human race. The colour of our skin does not put us into set categories of what we can achieve in life!!
claire
'Race' does not exist as such, it's a means to divide and rule.
Saskia
To me race means different kinds of beauty. Black or White.
dolly
The term race is what will eventually end in the extinction of all humankind due to the division of the same being based on identity.
Pardeep Virdi
Race is a "sorting table", created by humans, to label all humans into categories based on both place of origin and appearance.
Michael Basra
A natural way to differentiate between the human race.
riz
"race is something all humans share..nothing more nothing less"
T Ryan
your skin colour
genna
Until there is proof otherwise there is only one race. The Human race.
Martyn Roberts
A way of describing the adaptations the human species has made to the different environments of the planet
Jessica
Race was a centuries old scientific fact until ethnic immigrant Anthropologist Franz Boas began to remove it from the field of Anthropology.
James T Kirk
Race is a social construct based on phenotype and culture not genetics.
Ben S
Biological characteristics deferred from ethnicity which is culture, nationality etc
Anthony
It's just how the place you live in has affected your antecessors and how nature made them adapt to it.
Spectra29A
An ideological construct.
Jemal
It is a group of people with distinct physical characteristics, be that skin tone, facial layout or hair colour
Rosalind O'Brien
race is the boxing for purposes of cathegorisation ,we have given to a group of people who physically dislay the same traits, i.e colour.
flavia
Race is a combination of physical features and ethnicity
brian
We are one "race". People are different from colour of hair or eyes to colour of skin. We are one species and each of us is unique.
Ian Hamilton
Race is the product of a world where travel was hard. Now travel is easy, races will inevitably blend to the benefit of our descendants.
Michael Davis
It may be the colour of the skin or whatever but society always picks some attribute to distinguish front runners from the rest !!!
rv
Race does not exist - We all originated from Africa!
John
A set of characteristics due to the geographical region environmental pressures over thousands of years.
Tyson L Corsen
Race is the classification of what we are as a species. We are the human race.
Raj
A word
Luisse
ones' personal ethnic backgound. it does not define a peson, it merely paints you.
melbel
Socially constructed idea created by colonial/imperial powers in order to justify genoice/ethnic cleansing/ domination of the rich over poor
Hussein K
Race(!)in the human being kind does not exist.
same
cultural background
mulan
People saying that there is only one, human, are wrong. Human is a species. With many varied races.
Jim
Denying the differences between races does not eliminate racism.
jos
Race is a social construct, a way for the dominant white society to group, label and discriminate against those who do not have white skin.
K Carroll-Bowen
A social construct based on outdated psuedeo-science. A different race of human would be Homo Erectus. Racialisation, sadly, is all too real
Aoife
is the difference and similarities between areas of the global population
Owen
its an old method for sub dividing and giving a false identity to different groups who are all actually the exact same species....
Rob
Human
margaret
Like type, variety and species race is a fuzzy concept. A genetic subset of humans that only coincidently converges with outward appearance.
Stu
Your genetic and geographic background
Jenanne
how can people be of MIX race when there is only One race. The human Race?
margaret
English; if the Scottish will be called Scottish and the Welsh, Welsh. Then having been born in England, I am English. Not British.
Debbie
dont like the word 'race' ! Race conjures up the idea that we are in competition with one another I like culture or nationality better!!
Rosa
Race is what "WE" are the human race.
Mick
Irrelevant. Race doesn't determine whether people are more talented than others. It's down to talent, not race as the narrator suggested
Jessica
Race is an unyielding social construct that only seeks to divide and discriminate.
sids
'Race' is a social, political and economic construct used for gain. It is the most contentious term in discourse; simply it does not exist.
daniel kilvington
a social construct, and a biological nonsense, but it influences the lives of people affected by it
Aba
There is only one race, Human. We are all one. However bring in social conditioning and power and it brings about the division of that race.
Steve
A myth that different human beings are better or worse than other human beings just because of their genes and skin colour.
Joolz
As far as I'm concerned we are one race - the human race. Where culture and history differentiate us let's call it heritage,
R
There is no such thing, the term is erroneous and outdated. Absolute homogeneity is extrememly rare. We are mostly of mixed ancestors.
Nila
Allaah says, he made us all a different race and colour.Nations and tribes, so we can recoginse 1 another. Rahma
Rahma
Race is just how people look in different countries, it's how we behave towards it that makes it 'important' but in a bad way.
anonymus
there is one human species split into 3 human root races of with we have 1 or many parts of!! science is knowledge of the world.
Terry Jefferson
we are all the same . my 4 children are mixed race including twins who are 1 black and 1 white .
linda
Race is a social construct.
Andre Brown
Race is a illusion. There are no races, just different shades of black.
Verypaleface
race is culture,colour and life.
mandi
A group of people who have in common a number of physical and/or cultural characteristics.
Patrick
where you are coming from and also where you intend to go
Alicia Fairbairn
The key to unlocking the super-human.
Jonathan
the genetic variation between one person and another.
lemonade
An out-dated way of seperating people and counjuring hate. It shouldn't matter. It's superficial.
Lucy
They are the colours with which we draw, but what will we draw? Something terrible or something beautiful?
Nina
white english and black african
Miah Jumbo
This is what separate the blacks from the whites in any part of the world. F
Festyravenna.
Something that is both dictated to you by others or society and what you feel or identify yourself as. Sometimes the two aren't the same.
Kat
A group of people united
NORA
its evolution
Anon
We are not all the same at all. Black and White will always be different, it is fundamental to life.
Kaiser Alex
race means humans as opposed to aliens or animals or plant life. What is race human being created by the same God.
tonya
there has always been a mixed race people. Starting as early back as Ethiopia bride of Moses. This is nothing new. In,fact you act as though
tonya
The subtle difference shown by seemingly polite british white towards people of black and brown coloured.
captain
There is but one, the human race
Ruwan
just a word...
RA
Race is the origin of your family i.e if your family oringated from greece yor greek
Zohaib
A social construct
cleo-darko
A group of people with a defining characteristic which separates them from the rest of the human race.
Jacob Armstrong
it is our heritage our colour and a source of pride and we should respect everyones heritage
conal
Race is an unnecessary division of the species homo sapien, leading to tension and riots instead of enrichment among the population.
jonas
Race is an entity that creates who we are as a people who should be separately/individually respected.
Melinda Chavez
Race is determined by where a person is born. It is not the colour of the skin. This is what channel 4 is unable to understand.
NEAT
being afraid of something because its different and having little understanding of what it is looking at your own veiws and belifes
Geoff BEARDSLEY-HOUGH
Race only means something to those who are constantly being defined by it... Natalie D M
Natalie D Marshall
different coloured skin and the shape of facial features. genetic make-up. appearance.
Elouise Clancy
Race is much like Eye colour or Hairstyle. It is a part of YOU and should never mean more than you.
Becka Sermon
your biological background that contributes to your physical attributes
claire
Race is the beginning of speciation.
Fern
THE HUMAN RACE! WE ARE ONE!
'Koko' Owusu
what is mixed race
popo.yinka
i am me
kat
The attempt to separate humans according to the will of the prejudice, instead of cultural, or geographical locations (ancestral or present)
Aidan
Race, in the words of Stuart Hall, exists solely in the socio-political arena. Think less about science and more about politics people!
James
LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE AND IN OUR LIKENESS ,THE TRUE GOD MADE OUT OF ONE MAN {ALL} THE NATIONS THAT CAME TO DWELL UPON THE EARTH
KEN BROAD
The unnecessary seperation of human beings in the superficial terms of what they look like and
kemide
color, religion, ethnicity
shokz
race is colour of your skin and where you are from
ed
Humanity's version of pack, pride, flock, troop (monkeys) ect. It is not a learned division like culture or religion, but inherent.
Alex Berry
A term used to refer to subspecies within the species of homo-sapiens. Nothing more.
Bobalu
There is only the human race, anything other than that is diversity, and variety is the spice of life. x
Nath
Race to me means The Human race, skin colour only is there to show where you from, not who you are.
Gordon Campbell
Race is a word that unites us all, yet is also divides us due to our ethnic backgrounds.
vishal
A distinct set of phenotypes, possibly predominant within a specific geographical region.
Jens
It is our nationality, our colour, our heritage. Things we should all declare about ourselves with pride, for they create who we are.
Gayle
the biological, social and cultural classification of human beings
Will Amor
Race = physical attributes + cultural identity
Kosala
A physical variation between human beings from different areas of the Earth.
rElph
a way of adapting to our enironments that humans developed along time ago...no real practical significance now
alan mahon
Race is a word taken from the elements of division,being cultural,colour,capability. Racism is the imbalance and threat portaryed by others.
pia michael
according to genetecists we are all 99.9 percent the same so how can there be race?
paulo
Genetic origins of a person.
Faisal
Race is a definition given by those of a different hue to those of us who are of dark skin tones. Princess Black
Princess Black
The physical and physiological attributes peoples share produced as a consequence of adaptation to a particular environment.
Thomas
A definition conjured to oppress a group of people.
Re
1 - there is only one human race 2 - law makers make mistaken race for heritable characteristics 3 - eugenics practiced in UK (Leeds?)
dood
nothng, it doesnt make a difference to anything
Lucien
nothing: we're a species. We should celebrate and appreciate cultural/environmental differences, and recognise that we are ALL different.
Sophie
Race is just a way to define different interesting and perfectly normal people. We are all uniquie like everyone else.
Elena
Race is the(suposid) genetic separation of the human species.
A. Noninmous
There is only one race and that is the human race. The physical differences are simply diversity.
Samira A
Race is a Political way to divide people by those in power. Agnes
Agnes
Historically attemps to define 'race' have only caused tensions, instead 'race' should be considered as a discourse of fact and fiction.
Charlotte
Race is an old term, i think it should be just ethnic groups, we are not all the same, we have differences and we should celebrate this!
matt
race, my belief is that there should only be one known race. The human race. also there are animal races....
jordan m*
cultural and ethnic background
Daniel Sherburn
The concept of Race is a man made invention, We are all the same species and have the same biology. So black, pink or blue were all human!
Zubeda
It's our genes, where we come from, not where we are (that would be nationality). It's all so mixed up now it's hard to see why to care...
Steve, NI
Race is what divides humanity.
Zoe Kelland
race is simply a word to divide us by people who believe there is such a thing as 'us' and 'them'...we are simply all human beings.
Doug Nelson
Is the word appropriate? in biology it describes the domestic animals bred for to their characteristics. WE separate species not Nature.
helene
there is only only one the human race
linda
The sum of genetic differences within a species.
anonymous
Race is the identity of the people that can facilitate knowing them and their origin.
Tunji Salami, London.
Race is a concept that does not exist. The human race is a species and there are no different races to the human being
Gladis Glack
Race is an ancient, feeble attempt at categorising the extremely varied, constantly-changing tapestry of nature as it applies to humanity.
Mr. Stab
race gives us our sense of belonging and a shared history
glynis
People are differant, Thats a good thing everyone is indivivual but humans are humans and everyone is equal
Morgan
Race is a term coined and defined by the White Man to describe a person who does not aesthetically look like them.
Nicolae
A contest of speed between the contestants participating in a competition about racing.
Mary
the belief that an individual can be classed as part of a specific group based on certain physical and cultural traits which may change
James
Race is a collection of human characteristics developed in response to environmental conditions to aid the survival of a population.
Kevin Bartram
Race is a primarily genetic association which provides the potential for any group or individual within that group to be racist
Rigg Robertson
race in its definition does not exist, we are all one species and thus one race. Our differences are purely environmental,
LG2008
It is a political concept, not a scientific one. As Rageh says, questions about race would make no sense in a non-racist society.
John
is a political tool used by humans to control other humans.
alan
Genetic ramification of a species due to migration and homogenous mating. Migration and heterogenous mating are now reversing this in humans
Robert Canning
Race is a stupid word to segregate people
Tara Griffiths
Formed in the effect of evolution physical features that enable the best possible functioning in the natural environment
Maria
A socially contructed idea based on visible differences-it is literally skin deep.
Andy
Color of skin,a quality that pl judge & jump 2conclusion beliving it gives info of upbringing. it makes convo & causes an eva lastin problem
jenny
As an adjetive, it is a way to describe people. As an ideology, it is a wall people build to protect themselves from what frightens them.
paco, spain
A group that has been geograhically or cullturally isolated long enough to gain visually distinct characteristics. subordinate clause needed
mark hooper
My definition: a group of humans segregated by a difference of appearances and sound.
Manoj Gandhi
A breed. Much like dogs have different breeds, humans have different races. It is what seperates us from eachother not just physically.
Joe
We are all human beings but there are different races becasue of development in geographic isolation. We are not all the same.
marcus
People are a single species, Homo Sapiens. Culture, race and nationalism are political inventions designed to manipulate 'us' against 'them'
Paul Shand
Will racial traits continue in the future? They are adaptations to particular geographic situations, but greater migration may negate this.
freyfrey
Race is an antiquated idea and term, attempting to attach mental, intellectual and cultural characteristics to melanin content in the skin.
Liz Grouper
A group of individuals originated from a particular area on Earth shearing a high proportion of genetics.
Tennessee Thomas
Race is an arbitrary dimension of humanity; meaningful as exhaled breath and subject to manipulation by the powerful.
Shane
Just another rather unsophosticated way to dominate others.
dr sanjeev garg
The term 'race' is meaningless - we are all mixed race. I have Viking, Anglo saxon & Arabic ancestors, but I'm classed as 'white'! Nonsense!
tim
It usually means different ethnic groups or nationalities. It has also meant blood relation or tribe during history. Subspecies.
anna
race is a mixture of DNA that enables one to function as a human being, being able to walk, speak, eat, sleep, and adapt to it's envirnoment
ps
a way to differentiate and in many separate people/things based on physical attributes they have no control over. Aisha, London
Aisha Haider
Race is societies' attempt to segregate by using superficial physical attributes such as skin colour
Laiatu
Race is used to describe groups of people noticably different in genetics originating from a different area.
eddie anderton
As natural as different breeds of horses or dogs.
Greg D
common ancestry and genetics combining to give the effect of characteristics of a particular population.
sam
race is a modern invention to separate and segregate. the Roman empire consisted of many different 'races' but all where equal citizens.
mosey
race is the word used to describe the colour of ones skin, aswell as ones origins, culture and traditions.
leonie
race shouldnt be the definition of us we are all one race, but we are defined by our culture.
Alan Bennett
race is an easy way for people to categorize people. sometimes for advantageous or ominous purposes
jerry
Race is a useless term. Depending who uses it, it is any one or combination of, skin colour, nationality, ancestry, ethnicity, or religion.
none
the human race is a race that i refuse to race in cus if its a race for race then everybodies racist - Auden Allen
Auden Allen (MC: Proffesor D)
Race is your extended family.
Simha Hajioff
A manifestation of cultural origin
Radar63
human
sam
is a classification to separate people different cultures and traditions. Somethign which shouldnt effect us socially
rachel
A distinction of the human population based on geographical lineage, and common genetic physiological traits.
Paul
I have no definition, it isn;t defined, people ar a rag bag of different colours creeds whTEVERS.
Robin Marchant
an irrelevance in the fact that we are all human.
Alice
The experiment could have benefited from a more equal classification, e.g. 50% turn up in blue jeans. Then no race discrimination at all.
Karina
Race is nothing until differences are pointed out by bullies
Ruari
Cultural identity is more important than where your parents or ancestors are from in this day and age.
Karina
culture,habits,atitude,
c kivell
race a way to set people apart.racism DOES exist. Thursday's prog proved that. that awful blonde woman is a teacher? how worrying..
whitey on the moon
irrelevant
marcus
a myth which has been lodged in the human brain through the dodgy theories of evolution.
ali
a myth which has been lodged in the human brain through the dodgy theories of evolution.
ali
Literally, the result of 50,000 years of distinct evolutionary paths.
jonz100
A mixture of physical and personal characteristics that combine to make our identity
Ian
Minor evolutionary adaptations that make us stronger and more able to survive environemntal changes as a species.
micky
imposed stereotype
martin nolan
race is a group of humans with generally the same genetic makeup and appearance
James de Lusignan
you species type. like where you are from etc....
Frank
ancient reminence of geographical and thus genetic isolation over vast time scales...it is naive to say we are all the same..I embrace varia
ross
Race Is the classifaction of humen beings into groups on the basis of physical characteristsics
James Leighton
Race is what we identify ourselves, it is social, physical, biologcial and cultural.
Karen
Broadly speaking it is a way of dividing people into recognisable groups - but it is mainly colour of skin not people's ethnic origin.
Tracie
Race is a purely social construct, a way to divide and maintain a group identity. It is a fake ideology that has been peddled for too long.
Sula
Skin colour,physical features, genes, all about CONTROL. its all about BRANDING people like cattle. someone doesn't want equality. only hurt
Irrum Ditta
something by which we group animals
justme
Race is a natually occuring hybrid within a species.
m dbry
Race is just a way to categorize and define human beings, I believe people should be proud to be different and of their backgrounds and heri
jessie
Racism is NOT about colour its about equality something all people can suffer from.
Rob
A race is a distinctive sub-species of humanity and divided by region into Asiatic, Negroid and Caucasian.
Saami
There is only one definition - the Human Race
John
i think race is the thin u r born with it is wat makes u u i think it is somethin u shouldnt be judged on nd seen as a feature not a hinder
lauren
What colour your skin is and your ethnic background like where you come from.
Phyllis
A human description for what we can see, but has no real basis for the differences between humans, which are mostly cultural
Darren Pascall
In a hierarchical society such as our own, race is just one way that those in power order us, there are many other ways apart from race.
jane c
You are born into your race and it is defined by a number of common charactristics
Colin
there is only one race THE HUMAN RACE...
Blacberi
A group that has their own culture and unique physical attributes and without this the world will be boring. MULTICULTURALISM IS THE WAY!!!
Deanna G.
Its a community of people that live together. We all live together on this planet - hence the human race.
Ami
Race is the is a way of grouping humans by physical characteristics, driven by our pack mentality - an ancient innate survival mechanism.
Blue
Race is a categorising apparatus in which people from around the world are subject to.
Bennio B
race is the eternal excuse: the justification of the white imperialist for treating everyone else as sub human. We are all mongrels now :)
Joshua Brown
A term applied to something to single differeance from the majority so as to draw attention to it and generate self importance.
David Sephton
Race is what you identify yourself or others by. It starts huge with 'HOMOSAPIEN' and ends small with 'LONDONER'.
Lucy
Race is used by humans to discriminate against others and produce an 'us and them' situation. The reality is that race is much more complex.
Kate H
what you look like, the same/similar physical features and characteristics shared by people of a certain country
aish'ah
the human race, a race created by 1 creator whom all are accountable to
pete
Race is simply our genetic make-up. How boring would the world be if we were all the same, we should celebrate our differences!
dee
Race is a social human mental construct only, unfortunately some have taken it too literally but Genetically there is no such thing.
Paulo
Race is a socio-political construct rooted in attempts to hegemonise the colonised people - Shams Rehman
Shams Rehman
Race doesn't exist anymore. We all belong to the same race: Human Being.
Samira Bekkal
An arbitary term based on physical characteristics such as skin, hair and eye colour.
Yum Petkovic
Race is not a scientifically valid term. It's just a shorthand, colloquial, lazy way of referring to skin colour.
blackmackintosh
The science of eugenics was disproved and shown to be myth, therefore Race only exists as a social construction.
James
Utterly irrelevant in this day and age.
Naz
What is Race? When some people use the "race" they attach a biological meaning, still others use "race" as a socially constructed concept.
Renu
The Human Race
sara
Race is a biological term explaining the groups within humanity or animals. These groups are defined usually by physical characteristics.
Anna Hamill
Race is simply the way society has divided itself according to the outer colour of one's skin. Below we are all built the same!
V A
irrelivant, culture is important.
Carl Roberts
something that represents what country you some from
marie
the genetic and biological make up of an individual that has a unique manifestation of a skin colouring
susan
The word 'race' is divisive, from a diversity of ethnic groups, there is one race - The Human Race
Bev
Race is skin colour, it doesn't define us and has no impact on how we should be perceived.
Sam B
race is only a mutation or evalution to deal with the climate in that race comes from just like animals found in certern parts of the world
colin george
The physical characteristics and genetics that indicate what part of the world a person's ancestors came from. Not an excuse to discriminate
Liz
common features that help distinguish a group of people that are alike in historical and cultural backgrounds
Anna
It has no definition. It is something that doesn't exist can not have a scientific definition.
Joe Kearns
Race is a human external packaging.
Rb
A term invented by humans to try and make them understand the obvious physical differences between other humans....
KC
A cultural construct of unidentifiable subjective factors. Defining race is like defining a shade of grey. There are infinite possibilities.
James
A heavily abused and divisive social construct to achieve and enhance a feeling of individualism, uniqueness and difference.
Peter
It's what make me, me...
Rabia Khanam
Race to me, represents beauty in colours, accents, culture. Who wants to look all day at a blank screen when you can see a rainbow? Lisa S
Lisa Smith
A term created by humans that attemps to highlight differences between different groups of humans.
Thom W
A form of life which exists, they share same physical features but are diffrentiated through norms and values they behold such as cultures.
Jak
An outward characteristic, culturally used to define one society's superiority over another
mrmushroomman
An unnecessary classification!
Amy
People who share the same physical characteristics. Unfortunately history led us to believe there is a race better than the other...Marie D
Marie
An infinitesimally small variable in every person and a sinister concept invented to create, another, reason for people to judge each other.
man/city1
type of people; colour / culture / area
harry
not a culture, which is a set of values, beliefs and customs which may be held by a group of people, regardless of physical characteristics
L
Race is a boundry that divides the human race according to their skin colour, nationality and facial features.
Sam West
a word that should only be used scientifically to highlight genetic disparities between individuals; not used in everyday vocabulary.
Matako Nzuri
Race is Ethnic Origin, Race is Culture, Race is a Stereotype, Race....
Rianna Stevenson
Race is a categorisation in order to divide and in this division one group is always seen as superior to the others and holds the power.
lizacep
There is only one race..the human race. However, people have used the melanin content of other peoples skin to make themselves feel superior
allison doyle
A perception that distinguishes differences between inhabitants on planet earth universally recognised as human.
Race Knower
Race is defined as differant groups of humanbeings who have certain charactoristics as a result of genes that have been passed on.
w parkinson
nowadays, it is what you make it.
Mark James Tasker Winters
Race is the pool of genes you inherited from your mother and father, in the same was as you have black, blonde, brown or ginger hair.
Samantha
a double entendre, a word, a perception, a need to belong and feel secure,nothing but what man has used in trying to understand life...
wale lawal
Race is defined as differant groups of humanbeings who have certain charactoristics as a result of genes that have been passed on.
w parkinson
Race is a physically expressed emotion that comes from a person, whether they be Black, White, Yellow or Mixed. Some flaunt and some accept
Alexander
something somebody created to put people into seperate groups because they thought it made people different. it doesn't.
Stacey
It is something which has been, and always will be here. It is heritage. It will continue to unite, and seperate us, for many years.
Katie
a group you are in due to cultural and phisical apperiance
bren
race is a definition created by peoples perception of the differences in multicultural societies i.e. colour of skin etc.
Anna
Ideally, no more than a mode of description. Currently, the cause of horrible division. Much like religion, in a way.
Eamonn Hickey
race is a definition of people by colour of skin, but even if we were all the same people would still find a way to degradate eace other ...
Gareth Mark Lloyd
Race is appearance. It is not YOU. To judge or to be judged by race is appalling.
Jemma
race is what we are born into. its our beleifs, the colour of our skin and how we are percieved by others
Emily
race is a herditory factor from your parents the same as your hair colour or gender It does not ditermine who you are or who you will become
Rosalie
A physical way of being that we have no control over.
Dan
a way for society to group people.
dawtahphy
a category we're put in by our background, eg. where we come from and the colour of our skin.
Gemma
Race is how you are seen by others, with all the prejudices that come along.
Ahmed
What you make it
Yourmum
Race is defined as differant groups of humanbeings who have certain charactoristics as a result of genes that have been passed on.
w parkinson
what people want to make of it...we are human, that is the race just as tigers are a race. etc
ash
In the words of Stuart Hall....'Race is a floating signifier'. Race cannot or is extremely hard to define.
Sarah Nicholass
your cultural identity
amaka
Race- human differences in various traits Geographic races differ often significantly on a genetic basis. not enough space to list them :(
Mark
Race just where we come from. It's what's inside that counts.
Treena
Race to me is"Me" and where I and my people come from. I am a foreigner in another mans country and I am treated and described by my race.
Patryshia A O
Race is the grouping of humans on the basis of various heritable characteristics. It is more than black and white.
Nelly
What some of us currently regard as physical, cultural and background differences between individuals.
MedicGuy
race is one of the things that makes us unique and one of the reasons why i am proud to be british no matter what colour or religion you are
joe
What some of us currently regard as physical, cultural and background differences between individuals.
MedicGuy
The only first impression you cant contol and the only real thing you cant change.
Isaac Gilmour
race is based on physical appearance and attribute's of millions of years of evolution in the climet based on Darwin's Theory Of Evolution
alex
something to be proud of and respect and admire our differences
Liam B
Race is simply a label given to a group of individuals in society with similar individual aspects... Races can overlap...
Clinton Smith
is an outlandish, outdated idea.
aidan kiernander
different physical types of homo-sapiens,defined by skin colour,bone structure and size. Tribes.As in caucasian or negro,mogloid.
Peter
Our genetic background that is important in defining ourselves as individuals, but ultimately completely unimportant.
Paul
race is an identification of a group of people - language, culture, skin colour
Nicola-Paige
Our race is what we are. Our conscious mind is who we are.
adam
If you were to use it in the context of the human race we are all one race.
marc
A "race" is a segment of human society determined by things like nationality, skin colour and/or culture.
Jason Gilmour
Race is a term used to define differences manifested between groups eg. language,customs,beliefs,skin colour,origin etc.
sally
Race is a myth built of culture and difference.
Jeremy whitechick
Race- a socially significant concept that categorises people as inferior or superior on the basis of skin colour.
ST
Race is a distinct branch od humen evolution dependent on the geographical location of a people
MARK
Race is comparable to fate, something you never chose; and like fate, shouldn't mirror or determine you..People still believe in fate though
CB
Historically,we have instinctively trusted and felt comfortable with those like us,this was to protect ourselves from other hostile tribes.
john green
Race is how people distinguish themselves from one another and provides a false sense of security.
Genna
How you are seen by other, ignorant people.
James Flint
It has nothing to do with culture, it has nothing to do with beliefs. It has everything to do with appearance and people's perceptions.
neil
A group of people determined by religion, skin colour, nationality or belief.
Gary
a genetic group or a cultural identity. people need to decide which or create new terms, it would save a lot of confusion.
rick
lots of people with a different colour skin
jemima
the colour of one's skin
ian
people who stand out from the croud.....
gavin
a form of group labeling, usually based on physical features which are ascribed social relevance as a means of justifying inequalities
Kevo
Race.... A weapon for people in society to use in order to benefit themselves.
Fiona
DNA,culture,upbringing,
Fiona Green
race is undefined as there are so many different variations of colour, size, language etc that we are all one race of human beings
leila
Race is a hurdle that everyone needs to see past to be able to grow, the fact we see it as an issue holds us back from bettering ourselves
Kofi Amoo
a genetically determined human characteristic
billy
Race is a myth that has sadly become too real; a superficial classification based on skin color and the origins of our great-grandfather!
Vasughi
It is the human race, everyone on this planet is related to each other somewhere along the time line that humans have been on this earth.
Chris
its a beautiful portrait of our backgrounds and heritage
Latoya
It is the human race, everyone on this planet is related to each other somewhere along the time line that humans have been on this earth.
Chris
Race is the way in which descrimination is made acceptable in bureaucracy
Adam Coey
Race is a social construct. Biologically, it does not exist, but is constucted into being in an attempt to dominate and oppress the 'other'.
R. Tantmu
race is ethnic global positioning
Iain
race is a term that differentiates people based on colour
Daz
Race is the categorisation of humans in order to magnify their differences.
Lucina Charles
Different shades of brown, grouped together, ranging from the palest of brown ('white') to the darkest ('black')
Lou
Race is something you share with a group of people that you identify with. People have always found security in what you know.
Tom
Race is the colour of your skin and physical characteristics that contributes to how your percieved by a white orientated world
john
race is undefined as there are so many different variations of colour, size, language etc that we are all one race of human beings
leila
race is a competiton between individuals and / or teams with the objective to complete a pre-defined distance in the least amount of time
Paul
Race: a biological fiction that gives meaning and significance to slight physical differences between groups of people.
anon
There is only one race, the human race. We have all evolved, as all animals have to adhere to and protect ourselves from our environments.
Tommy
Race is the physical difference between groups of humans.
shay babs
Genetic difference due to ancient requirements of diverse surroundings.
Philph
Race is the term used when dividing people based on mainly there physical characteristics, when you think of it,it's not really needed, Rob
Rob H
After watcing these programmes it is the colour classification used to maintain subtle/indirect white supremacy across the globe.
L McLean
Not enough characters - This is a complex question / answer.
Ed
It defines our genetic background and thus appearance. Nothing more, nothing less.
Steven Ross
Race is a way of describing human beings iterms of the colour of their skin
Ashiri Kaghembe
The charataristics of an individual's geographical history
Jme A
The definition of race is the categorisation of humans into distinct groups based on, amongst other things, skin colour.
Paul Harris
Practically nothing, only through arbitrary thoughts can it have meaning. Both positive and negative impeed social progress.
J.T.H.M
what is race is a good question! but what is race to me is another! race around the whole world is your ansisters, your family history.
sarah c
Racism is ignorence, If you know nothing about it, how can you hate it?
Latoya
there is no such thing
c
Race is whatever individuals make it, remember racists are not born but are cultivated.
Brian
ITS THE SHADOW OF WHAT WE THINK WE ARE NOT BUT THAT WHICH WE SEE IN OTHERS CHARLY
charly
The one thing that all humans behold; where one only exists: the Human Race. Often opposed by systematic structures in society.
Aidan
depicting someone by skin colour
lol
race doesnt exist anymore, its origin and bloodtype. It has nothing to do with any colour, language or apperance.
matthew
what everyone is born in to, it is not the colour of you skin but how you or your family choose your life, belives, religion, traditions etc
kirsty
A simple and social structure which was used to stereotype and define people based not only on simple but ignorant things.
dwayne
Race is another element of ourselves that we feel must be hidden to conform, no matter what race that is in this country
Rob
Race is the colour of your skin and your ethnic background . it is nothing more than the small concept of first perceptions .
Chantel Dearin
An arbitrary classification of modern humans, based on any or a combination of various physical characteristics, and/or genetic markers
Alex
An ethnic division of the Human species. And that is all. Nothing more,nothing less. Largely meaningless.
Steve
A form of segregation
Jonathan
race is just a breed of peole just like animals we are all different, but at the end of the day the may be many rases but we are all human
lulu
Race is not just your colour skin, it is the way you live, your past and your future upbringing, it is what makes you you.
Abigail Challen
What people define you as, as a result of where your ancestors are from.
nialake
race is the diffrence between me and you
Tashi
race is simply area specific evolution.. race is outdated as the world is so small due to technology and the world is multiculteral
Steve Brown
different looking individuals of same species who can breed + produce mixed race offspring where some genes are dominant, some recessive
Lesley
confident people do not react they respond. They do not let the opinions of others dictate how they feel.You give your power when you react
clare
race is the diffrence between me and you
Tashi
Minor genetic differences leading to a visual and minor biological differences. Thats it...
Rob
Race is different human birth groups. Racism can only disappear with all people being the same. Which is impossible. :C
Rob
different paths of evolution
sam hilling
A race is a group of people that share genetic traits that can be traced to a region; a group of people belonging to a regional gene pool.
Dale
Just another reason for people to feel above or below someon else. an excuse
Peter Cheung
where i come from not what iam! i feel i have been judged because i am white i do not support racism i don't need to feel superior
Debbs
Race Is The Difference Of Where A Person Comes From But Mostly The Colour
steph
This question is part of the problem. Categorizing in the way that 'race' labelling does creates an 'us and them' scenario in power systems
Gem
a political construct.
Jill
my race is human, i am part of the human race..
Trisha
Race is what defines a group of people either geographically or by colour.
Mark
It's the difference between colours, that humans perceive is a threat to their well being. Where the lighter the colour is seen as good/safe
Dre
Human, Black, British- in that order
Yolanda Browne
Colour of people
natalie
the human race...doesn't that encompass us all. until we start labelling each other that is.
cjs
Race is the separation of different people according to their colour of skin and they're presumed nationality or background
Khadijah Anabah
Culture of a group of people. What they do on Sundays, sing to their kids, how they're treated in society & what they do for work & leisure
Cameron Osborne
Race is everything and nothing. Race only exists in the company of others; the only way to combat racism is to make agoraphobes of of us all
otha hollo
A significant genotypical and thus phenotypical variation within a species genome; there being no such variation within modern humanity.
John PM Chappell
Race Is something that society uses to determine , who and what will succeed as they do with age, weight and looks.
Tamara
We are one human race. It defines us, unifies us. It is the differences among our race i.e. colour, religion, cults which causes segration.
zara
is an individuals perception of colour and creed in other individuals.
Robbie king
The persons background, and skin colour
Leticia
Race is defined by the smallest differences in people, what country their from, what language they speak. All this should be irrelevant.
Josh W
we have one beating universal heart and have been given the gift of life - spirit does not see race or skin colour.
clare
You race is basically what background your from, not sure how to word it but like animals are different species, humans are different races
Jemma
the group you belong to throug religion and nationalitiy although excuse the pun its not all black and white.
matthew
What defines you as a result of where your ancestors are from.
nialake
ethnic origin
keeley
race is a word to define a group of people coming from a definite part of Earth
resolution
Race is used to define a group of people or civilisation that have a different way of life and who look different in theiir appearace and or
Farah
race does not exist. faith and ethnicity do.
emma d
Is a defining characteristic of a group of people. Usually based on Skin Colour or Place of origin
Colin D
group of people sharing same skin colour, beliefs, religion...
fwalsh
There is no race we are all homo-sapians all human.
Harvey john bettles-hall
a concept of a facist society
Leo
Its irrelevant its about the person..
Rachel
A way in which a person is defined, based upon the way in which they look, and partially where they originate from.
Aimee
The color of your skin
Amy
Everyone. Divergences on a single core set of genes.
Herald of Nurgle
The race you belong is soley becasue of the colour of your skin and nothing else not even religion
Matthew Symons
Identity
Franzine
race doesn't matter. it is the difference brought about by evolving in different areas of the world.
Jude
Theres only one answer for Race The Human Race......
Shaun
Race is our background it''s NOT what makes us who we are we ourselfs make us who we are, we are all unique, we are all diferent.
Tanya
race is a group of people from the same country
k
it is a group of people sharing the same beliefs, customs and traditions.
jo
race is simply the colour of your skin.
Fadzai
a man-made label given by other people based on your physical appearance and/or lifestyle, just another barrier in society
Aideybabes :P
Its the most horrible thing ever that ever existed, At the end of the day, we are all the same..................... Wez, White british.
wez bryant
A group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
JJ
Race is not only the colour of your skin but your culture
Peter Piper
A biological consequence of natural selection.
Daniel Acheampong
The term race usually refers to the categorization of humans into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of heritable characters
owf
Race is the 'brand' of you, where you come from.
Matt
An outdated way of defining a small part of who we are.
Pete Saxton
a simple categorising mechanism. like nationality, age, sex, religion, hair colour, anything. just a part of what makes us individual.
tom s
ethnic origin
Spencer
putting people into defined groups based on physical characteristics
ali
colours of people from around the world
joe919
race is a pseudo scientific theory from the birth of modernity. however if you mention something often enough it becomes the truth.
ewe
We are all the same race, humans, earthlings.
hursty321
Mixed: Scottish on my father's side, Jamacian, Chinese and Indian on my mothers side... Scotindicianese
Kyle
I'm mixedrace....race is just a political invention to divide us...we are all one! :)
Guiseppe, Earth
Race is nothing
emmkay
Like flowers on a flower bed. Some are different colours but all are beautiful. Life would be very dull if everything was the same colour.
Siobhan Walker
culturally conditioned category
john smith
A group of people with the same ethnic, spiritual and physical attributes. Which come about from the landscape in which they came.
sam f.
Race is the phenotypic expression of genomic evolutionary changes from a time period in which human beings lacked geogrpahical mobility.
Jen
the country of your birth determines your race.
Margaret Ball
race is nonsense, people are people
unity
Race is more than genetics, it's a physical manifestation of cultural origin. Without racial diversity, the world would be dull.
Heather
To be honest the only race that exsits and is the most important is the human race. anon.
Joy
a way to differentiate between people based on physical attributes (and also to clump people into groups), completely disregarding culture.
Camelia
It's a way of distinguishing the different physical traits of human beings. There's more than just one kind.
anon
1) An event run on Sports Day. 2) How we silly humans like to group creatures (including ourselves).
A. Indigo
God or (evolution) created race for a reason.
james
A term for a sub-species of humanity which has developed separately from other sub-species and often has a characteristic appearance
Sherwin Smith
an enthnic backround that you was born with there is no way you can change it
hateracist
Why is everyone so touchy about 'race'? There ARE ethnic differences,culturally and physilogically, but not existentially. Celebrate them
Matt Gibson
Race is a dying word since the world has become multi-cultural. The only true 'race' is the human race to which we all belong.
Shadowsteala
Race is a dying word since the world has become multi-cultural. The only true 'race' is the human race to which we all belong.
Shadowsteala
Myth. Yes we appear different on the outside but inside we are the same, all part of the human race. We should just see ourselves as people
Eve
There is only one race really, the human race. Genetically, the differences between us all are minute! Dave
D. Braime
colour, culture
Lorrain McKenzie
Race is a word used to describe differences in large numbers of people from different regions, be they physical or mental
Ollie G
part of which natinatinality you are depending on your background
mamy
race is our varied genetic make up that differentiates us physically and psychologically. it makes us who we are. jemima
jemima
race is important. if we weren't supposed to acknowledge our differences, we'd of all been made to look the same. jemima
jemima
race is important. if we weren't supposed to acknowledge our differences, we'd of all been made to look the same. jemima
jemima
race is social construct, which has been used to group, describe and control people among other things.
Rose
Race is a word used to describe differences in large numbers of people from different regions, be they physical or mental
Ollie G
We are all one race, the human race. Conquerers have constructed the notion of superior and inferior people to expolit and dominate.
San
Race is a social myth where at anyone one time a randomly selected human group is assigned an identity.
David @ PHULL
Race is a non-biological social construction based on arbitrary physical characteristics.
Ti Jay
how can one define beauty or intelligence in a singular definition?The Human race can only be determined by our CREATOR NOT by some BIASED
Ma Fetari
A genetic code that links someone to other people of the same genetic origin. In reality, there is only one race - the human race.
John Sloane
A race describes a group of people with similar ethnic backgrounds and/ or similar anatomical structures.
Stevie-Leigh
humanity
Rak
Do our bodies really differ that much that we can create races? We're all human, and we're all different in our own way... there's no races.
Dave 85
A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution
kitty
Race is embedded in you along with other characteristics which can never be changed. Tell me, would you choose to be a specific race? Why?
Ola Alkado
Race is what the whole Human species is. We are what we are and no one can say otherwise
Adrian Lee
the humans are all different but identical. Adam and Eve remain only universal parent of all mankind
aosman
a biological term, which tries but fails to differentiate groups of people from other groups of people using their shared inherited traits
rod sanchez
of course we're different. biologically different. unfortunately our cultures tend to value certain differences over others
roy watchorn
A mainly political concept that was/is used as a way of justifying the crude classification and exploitation of particular groups of people.
Jessica Munafo
A broad-brush look at where you are in the human family. Think POSITIVELY: Human diversity is part of nature's beauty & should be celebrated
John
Race means from where in the world your genetics originate from. This affects your apearance and behaviour.
Ollie
The word race signifies that there must be one that wins and others that loose.
Trevor
race is not real its just a word invented by the collonisers to put people into different catogories. It was created for a heirachical syste
mary
What we really should be asking, is what race is not? It is not what culture or religion you are, it is not a way to feel superior etc.
Shakirah Amy
A word used to identify a type / genetic line of people - The meaning is created in the mind based on individual beliefs and conditioning.
Amanda
A word used to identify a type / genetic line of people - The meaning is created in the mind based on individual beliefs and conditioning.
Amanda
a collective set of aesthetic/ origined or personality traits stereotyped by an individuals and culture upon another individual
Jennikah
If we ignore what we are, doesn't that negate our sentience? Shouldn't we see the beauty in our racial nuances as a celebration of humanity
Alex
race is an attitude, a physicality and a stereotype differentiating from each individual.
emma
in my opinion race is your DNA makeup defining your ethnic heretage
bruka
Race is where people come from.
Dan Campbell
its not about colour race is about genealogical differences between humans some manifest in colour but theres an even deeper level of groups
Abeo
An outmoded way of thinking.
Nessa
your colour
blackyizguda
Within a species of animal, take dogs for example,there are various breeds: a poodle, a bulldog: different breeds, but they are both dogs.
Flinch
race
race
Low impact inherited genetic differences resulting from regional mutations that result in traits that allow people to categorise each other.
Simon
Race is where you are from on the planet, originally. The componants of our race fits the enviroment your from. :)
NIKKI :)
individual, family, tribe, race - the human race other than that we are all different and that seems to cause problems for some people
trish dunleavy
Race is a mirror for our internal fears and desires. It excuses our personal failures makes them the other's.
David Hodgson
Race is part of who we are. Which part? Well of that i'm not sure.
Ashley
The definition of a persons social and physical background, roots and history. But since we evolved from the same apes...
Neil
How many black people are on this site? race and racism go hand in hand.2 many naive people on here.
Marian
race is an arbitrary distinction drawn between people based upon a physical or cultural characteristic.
Mike Short
a competition between people of differing abilities to determine who is the best-or-to establish what one's limits are-or- to gain a prize.
Penvronius Miles Cambrensis
Differences within a species which are influenced by geographical location.
Adam
Race is where your racial origins are from, your cultures and traditions.To me it is about belonging to a group of people who are the same
Marian
Whenever I hear race, it is always in reference to people of colour. In fact we are all from one race, the human race.
Joan
Race is a man made construct used to divide people. Overt differences are only superficial. Only one race - the human race.
ann-marie roy
Race is the way that long periods of inbreeding produce identifiable morphological traits in a population.
D Walker
Genetic variation contrived by geographic location/segregation with links to environmental differences and reproduction based social strata.
Barry Tillotson
Race is a sociological construct based on physical features, such as skin colour, used to categorise humans in a hierarchy. Karen
Karen
Unimportant.
Michael Moriarty
This is all about black and white, but what about white and asian?
Richard
It's just a word that causes problems. It doesnt matter what it is we're all the same species. Duh.
Rob
Human diversity.
Nasif Nahle
Patterns of genetic variation form clusters. These genetic clusters coincide with what is commonly called "race".
P K
colour
Anthony Rush
Should be called the 'Human Diversity' factor & is the result of biological, anthropological & geographical differences within humankind.
Sue
Our skin colour and genetics
Anand Srivastava
Ethnicity.
Chee Yean Eng
The result of contorting and perverting scientific principles to derive a theory that seeks to separate humans into discrete groups
Sameel
The biggest red herring in the history of mankind.
Wilf
There is a reason why we have different races....
terry
The diverse, genetic make-up of each individual which physically expresses an individual's roots and preceding historical journey.
betty
Race should be more than the colour of our skin and the shape of our bodies
Aria
A control trick used by people in power to keep power, by deeming other races weaker, dumb and unworthy of being equals. Ash
ash
Certainly not what's been discussed in the show. Tallest NBA player is Chinese. Leg lengthening op has been carried out in China for 10 year
David
A term used by others to aesthically categorise a person into an identifiable group in regards to the 'human race'
H
race is a malleable and subjective system of classification for one group of people to label another by based mostly on colour and build.
Neil Rowlands
A ridiculous concept devised to allow people to call themselves superior to others with no factual or reasonable foundation to the claim.
Chris Burr
Something you cannot talk about about, unless you are saying very political correct things, such as "oh well, races do not exist, really"
Mark
The category a person is put into due to facial features, body features and skin colour.
Kayley
Race is the very dangerous idea that the 0.2% variation accross all human DNA creates or counts for any superiority or inferiority.
KC
race is an evil concept created by evil leaders of the world to create tension within and divide society.our purity is determined by melanin
Ancient King
Race is pointless. It is merely used to diffrentiate between people based on physical appearance. It is used both in defence and attack.
Barry K
race is the name given to a group of people based on where they were born/live. i.e people who live in britain are british
Rhiannon Sincock
race is hatred, it is something that makes us difernt from 1 another, i hate race for it devides people and people can b targeted bcuz of it
bigdudeeees!=)
The evolutionary result of human preferances to certain favoured environments. i.e. survivable ecosystems from one extremity to another.
Christopher Kowalski
a distance in which one travels
keran
for me there is nothing like race.people have just diffrient colours of eyes,hair and skin.that's it.
Izabela
ethnic origin
Ivan
People who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock.
a
'Race' is meaningless. I am not 'White-British' but Norman-Angle-Saxon-Celt-Pict-Roman-Flem-Jew-Black African-HUMAN.
Anna Pritchard
race is the paint on a car. Journey end the car is scrapped but the road will always be affected by its passage. race is overrated.
nels
Whether a person is in one of 3 genetic groups: caucasian; mogoloid; negroid
R. J. Molesworth
Is the deepest of human desires: To belong.
Balazs
race is a geo-politically motivated social constuct.
wendy robson
The colour to a person's skin. (not culture, lifestyle intelligence or superiority).
Lola
An outmoded and childish form of classification lacking any practical purpose other than to convey a false sense of belonging to the fearful
balchin
If race doesn't matter, why do some races dominate certain sports?
james
We define the concept of race individually and altruistically, therefore we gain a sense of difference and variation,its more than physical!
elle
All robins and sparrows are birds. We think of them simply as birds. There are different kinds of humans,but they are still the human race.
mike
People of different culture and genetic background - a word to further diversify society into "tribes"
Daniel Britton
Genetic/aesthetic characteristics readily attributed to a group of persons who share similar origins.
thrum
Merely a social construct
Oli
How you are seen by others, with all the consequences that ensue, regardless of your true background, intellect or humanity.
Sam
I have loads of foreign friends. I'm Anglo-Italian myself, but our IQs are around the same. Race doesn't change IQd, it's working hard
Claire
A way that people used to look at each other.
Nick
An unnessecary label that seperates mankind. it encourages dispute&hate. WE ARE ALL EQUAL HUMAN BEINGS. Race draws attention away from that!
saf
Race is not a scientific concept - gentically meaningless. Greater genetic differences separate Bantu from other Africans.
Charles
Race formation in living creatures (not just man) is a biological necessity to enable them to adapt to environmental change through speciati
Brian Stott
A recognisable and heritable set of characterists distinguishing specific groups of individuals
Brian Stott
Racial categorisation is impossible as there are many cultural markers which inform individuals and affect behaviour and intelligence.
jo
an invention by an insecure group of very clever people who's ultimate aim is power and control over their own group and all 'other groups'
exhile
A label that individuals attribute to themselves or to others, to indicate belonging to a certain ethnic group.
Mark Swift
i belive that yes we are al one race the human race but the same way how al dogs are dogs but thay are diffrances & qualtys that we all have
david millar
A false categorization created to steal, rape, enslave, kill and plunder the original people and their natural and human resources...
Original_human
Cultural differences that are strongly correlated with persistent physiological (genetic) differences. (Note correlated not "caused by")
Zeph
race is a label we all carry that identifies who our grandparents were and where they originated from, more obvious on some than others.
sarah
Race in science terms means sharing distinct characteristics and common descent. Therefore Race is what makes us more alike than different
Roisin
I always imagined it was like breeds in cats or dogs. We don't say a Jack Russell is better than an Alsation; they're just different.
Peter
There is only one race - the Human Race - proven by the Human Genome Project!
Graphite
if youre thinkin of being my brother it don't matter if youre black or white...
sanjay
Race is what make us different. Respect it and accept it as something normal. Kate
Katy
A pseudo-scientific concept invented by colonial Europe, which continues to perpetuate global economic and political inequalities.
Yunus Yakoub Islam
race is the enviroment a human has evovled in. a race is made up of the cultures and people. It is evolution that has made some racist.
Ian
race is distinguished by physical genetic traits which originate from populations in certain geographic areas
kate
A scientific concept used to differentiate a variety of physical features in human society. Today its a socio-political concept to divide us
Alpa
The programme failed signally to explain the higher scores of Asian students and degenerated into excusing the "underpriveleged blacks".
R. Field
Race highlights the diffences between people based on their physical characteristics. As opposed to peoples culture, which ethnicity does
Ingrid Hesselbo
Something you spend ages training for in a tracksuit. Race, a genetic set of charactereistics that people can be grouped by.
Duncan
it's visual... that's it.
Itasha James
Complex - encompasses ethnicity, culture, physical attributes, "heritage". Commonsense understanding "skin colour" but much more than this.
jamie
is a fairy story created by some people to justify raping, torturing, killing, kidnapping & enslaving people they considered to be "other"
Sharon
An adaptation of the body to cope with different environments over several generations, but not an indicator of intelligence or character.
Mia
Superficial and meaningless way of segregating humans into artificial groups based merely on slightly variations in physical characteristics
Lisa F
Race is a DEFINITION to account for the observed differences in the physical characteristics (phenotype) of members of groups of humans.
E Satterthwaite
Humans are all the same race, though we may be different breeds, still we are all equal in the eyes of nature, the only true judge on Earth.
Kev
An observation based on inherited genes
Bill
We share a large amount of DNA with rodents, swine, apes, even reptiles - it's so close you can notice similar physical traits in each race.
Doom
race is the descriptor to signify caucasoid, asian, and negroid.
Owen
A false classification of human types based on superficial physical characteristics
Candace
A man-made concept to describe the physiological diffferences between humans based on skin colour, hair texture and facial features
Kwabena
I don't believe in the definition of race. Ethnic groups is a much interesting definition... Definitions evolve. Emanuel
Emanuel
Race is basically the differences between based on ethnic group,skin colour,size and other factors as well
Tee
Race is what defines creatures of this planet nothing more nothing less.
Michelle Johnston Bucknell
Race is a physical trait, like eye colour, but with a massive stigma attatched. One day your race and eye colour may be of equal importance.
Tom
Race is just a physical characteristic, seperate from culture, but the inability to seperate the two is what makes it a devisive issue
Tommy
Undeniably there are different ethnic groups but ultimately we all belong to one race; human! See Charles Darwin's 'Origin of Species'.
Sarah
Races belong to phenotypes with significant underlying genetic differences to others, and the significance depends on context e.g. medicine.
Seb
The genetic differences between people, which are passed down through generations.
Liam Snaith
Race is more than just skin deep. Ever wonder when was the last time a white man won the 100m sprint at the olympics?
James
race is equivalent to the difference between dog breeds, though dog breeds are still more closely related to one another than human races.
Doug
Race is a cultural construct arising from the sterotypicifcaion and generalisation of assumptions made based on a person's ethnic origins.
Cormac
Race is a sociological construct made by humans. It was used to justify the enslavement of black Africans and white privilige.
Lemara Lindsay-Prince
Race is a War. One party must win, the other must be defeated. White people- the white collective has CLASSIFIED ITSELF as "The (White) Race
Isa Ibrahiim
Race is obviously a socially constructed term used in the past to classify people. We cannot get away from it now.
Lami
a system of forced control so one group i.e europeans could have power over others. just another form of elitism like the class system.
michael wentworth
A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution
cheryl
We all belong to the human race. Differences between us are purely evolutionary to allow survival within our surroundings.
Pam
community
vfdvdfcvf
This is what we use to differentiate people that make up the entire human race,interestingly though,its prejudices can never be eradicated.
Tolu Lewis
Groups of people who have developed differences due to living and reproducing separately over thousands of years.
Rich
At the core of our being we are all the same, so the term "race" should only be acknowledged in reference to our fundamental similarities.
Gbenga
Unproven differences used by the so called superiors to undermine the universal intelligence of creativity.
Dr Kolawole
race; an invented human idea to justify domination and control money and have power
derik
Our features are simply a reaction to our enviroment we evolved in. Race is just another social contruct to catogrise humans,like class.
Angela
Race is a word invented by humans that is used to divide, suppress and classify people within society.
Bisi
Race is the DEFINITE physical differences and POSSIBLE mental differences found in the human species, caused by evolution and environment.
Gavin
Race is the definition of origin of a group of people based on a clearly identifiable climatic, social, and economic background
Tommaso
Different breeds of the human species. Like perch, trout & cod are all fish. Black, white, asian etc. are all people. C.
C
There are more genetic differences within a country than there are across countries! AND, we all evolved from the Rift Valley in Ethiopia!
Martin
The worst distinction man has ever made which links to the pasts lack of i.q. and understanding we are the same speices
spencer carter
Today race unfortunately is an expression "to argue" in favour of class society without having to admit it.
Uwe
groups of people with different physical and behavioral attributes from having developed in different environments
Deji
Race could be used in either in a positive or negative context. Bisi
Bisi
Does it label us into what colour and appearance the world sees us, or merely our individual strengths and uniqueness? I prefer the latter.
Tess
A social construct
Allya
Race is a genetically defined difference between the 'boring' human primates. Its our version of breeds.
Neil Allen
categorisation of the human race
Ashley
categorisation of the human race
Ashley
Scientific fact cannot be denied nor labeled within itself as racist. Race is obvious.
Dave
A biological, cultural, genetic make up.
Chris Turner
physical differences, usually in colour, used for political purposes to justify and promote inequalities
cally
Race is the biological genetic construction of a people. No more need be said: it is not to be confused with nationality.
altheim
Human
Sunil
physical differences, usually in colour, used for political purposes to justify and promote inequalities
cally
Human
Sunil
A generic definition binding together 6,500,000,000 fascinating animate beings. We are one race - the human race . Celebrate it !
Mac
R eligious views A ttitutes C olour E thnicity ??... Why should we CARE (Acronym of RACE)
CARE
one race the human race, we have a rich diversity that a nature provided for our surviaval not only that its intresting to look at.
m. eventine
A term that describes commonality between human beings in terms of colour, culture and psyche.
steelpony84
There is only one race - the human race. To think otherwise allows racism and division
Ruth
A word we invented to divide the world, the irony is that there is no true race as we were essentially evolved from another Specie.
Sue
Race/racism are problemn words and miss the main point that people/humans are tribal. Black,white etc we are all the same.
richy
It is a term used to describe the people that inhabit the earth
Elaine L
Just ancient environmental mutations of african genes.
Delboy0
race is a geographical feature its where you come from I was born in Dundee in Scotland but have moved around so much have no actual roots
laura haughton
It's the same as the difference between Alsatian and chihuahua. Both are dogs but differ. A Lion and a Tiger. Both are cats but differ.
Brian
Its very important, it is a basic human condition. Its at the core of human relaationships and the human condition.
rich
After watching the program i do not have a clear answer on what race is any more
Jeremy Muganda
The issue of race is another concept of those twisted so call acdemics, at the end of the day all flesh and races dies. Baltimore
Baltimore
Race is a non existent notion that has been reify in such a manner that people believe it is real. It is not. Phenotype is not Genotype!
Tim Blackshaw
Race is the way you look, nothing more.
Julia
It's about which group do we belong to. Aziatic, Hispanic, White etc. Or maybe I am totaly off the mark. Violeta
Violeta
race is not a setting but just pure physical factors not mentally everybody has equal chances being an embryo nurture defines intelligence.
Ross
The combination of Physical, Cultural and Enviromental differences between human beings from different parts of the world
krishan canagasabey
Race was the physical classification of people from certain geographic regions on the planet.
Bimal Shah
An attempt to classify people by their skin colour to justify superiority/inferiority.
Yve
a different human species
Daniel
Race is the classification of people into groups who share a distinctive look and have ancestors from a particular geographic region.
james c
A crude attempt to classify people by skin colour and justify superiority/inferiority. Yve
Yve
is the variations in society created by God, so that we may learn from each other to enrich our society and coexist
sabina
It holds no colour, it lies only in the human mind of the people that think of others as different. One race thats the Human-race. Peace.
Jemma P
there is no such thing as race, only people groups! Read the Bible!
Chris F
Race is the 'look', language, religion, beliefs, etc., etc., of the peoples of the area they are indigenous of, eg'. Scots' live in Scotland
Dee
human
daniel o'connell
Perhaps this series would have been more interesting if focused on the scientific evidence and not a "feeling" produced by spurious opinions
Desmond Campbell
Different amount of proteins produced by skin cells, beyond that variations within a race can be comparable between the different races.
Matt C
Solo, Becky and Josey have got it right - but it still doesn;t answer the reason why most inventions have come from North Asia or Europe
spamy
Race is something which divides and unites us simultaneously.
Andy
It's a branch of the human species tree
Nikki
A race is a group of people who have evolved in one particular area, and have not mixed with other groups.
Judith
race is the name given to the classification of the human species based on different phenotypes.
RajMittal
The human race can be looked at in similar fashion to other mammal familys. They all have different breeds, levels of intelligence.
Stuart Hargreaves
Race determines differnt cultures and ways of life.
xena
Race doesn't exist. It's an artificial construct as harmful as the national borders imposed by former colonists. Racism does exist though.
Polly T
race is a species but the deference in hair color and skin color is variation e.g were the human race but if my hair's black it's variation
michael
A contest between two people.
Spastic man
Race doesn't exist; it's as crass and artificial a construct as the borders drawn around countries. Racism, unfortunately, does exist though
Polly T
the physicality of people's adaptation to environment is called race
Ella
If anyone can't go pass this primitive and laughable skin colour issue, go to the Museum. Homosapiens did really originated from Africa.
Cindy
My definition of race is agenda of difference. What one calls the sepereior race. White is pure and clean and the dark is dirty.
karen chaney
race is more than just the colour you are, it's the culture you've been raised with, your roots, your ancestors, your identity!
Aurelie
There is no such thing as separate 'races' per se only genetic divergences. They are found in geographic concentrations or 'genetic pools.
William Middleton
There is no such thing as separate 'races' per se only genetic divergences. They are found in geographic concentrations or 'genetic pools.
William Middleton
race is defined by facial features, meaning that ppl of differnt color can stil b the same race, lyk irish and indian people r both caucasin
tazz
There's no such thing as 'race', only racism.
lucy
Race is about bees that make honey, butterflies etc. Some of natures creatures want all butterflies killed off. Steve
toumani
when people cuss your colour or say your not alowed to do something because of your colour
Jerusalem
Race is a type of competition in which competitors attempt to reach a designated end-point before their opponents.
Kurtis
It is a social construct.
Louise
peoples gentics, However theirs no dobting that some people are more beautiful than others.
marty
race is a synonym for species
billybob
It is a physical, emotional or intellectual trait which can divide people in groups.
William B
race is the word that is used to divide and separate people in society
toom
Common phenotypes found in human populations. Differences between races are usually (but not always) geographically distributed clinally.
Tony Privitera
A social construct.
Alan Lewis
skin color
jamie
A group of people of common ancestry, distinguished from others by physical characteristics
Edward Werrington
A very complex grouping based on, but not always determined by genetic features, country/continent/region of origin, culture.
KM
There is only one race, and that is the human race.
Chloe Mustafa
The race is one, HUMAN RACE, there are Major types of cultural differences and creates the illusion of a different race.
ilias Darras
Race is a convention of society. It is used to provide a name for people with similar visual phenotypes.
Free
Race is a certain group of people who have certain characteristics physically, mentally all are equal just some races have better chances.
Joe McKenney
A race is a subspecial group the members of which share more ancestry with each other than they do with members of other races.
Michael Ventura
Something that should only be used in the singular. 'Races' are a fiction.
Kate
A referencing tool used to broadly define/categorise people by physical features and location. Used as basis for scientific theorising.
NB
Classically defined as biological/genenome. However, race is ultimately what the white man says/has said it is.
Ridh
the country you come from
sarah
an ethnic group
dave
the ancestory of a person
h
A group that has evolved in a (reasonably) isolated environment and therefore are more closely related to each other than to outsiders.
Matt
in my opinion race determines the colour and culture of people and their origin
nyron
the colour of ma skin
alex
Categorization of the human species
Phees
Race is the biological difference between people. In the same manner that we have differnt breeds of an animal grouping IE canine.
Dave
race is the physical appearance of a person who originates from a particular part of the world
nev
...what one race that regards itself as "chosen" is seeking to deny everyone else by slow motion genocide.
Simon London
There is no such thing. Definitions of race are all arbitrary.
Alex Beecham
skin colour and culture
Liam
shared biological characteristics between a set of people who have been geographically separated from other sets of people over millenia.
Henna
Race is to do with where we live in the world, nothing else. There is only one race - the human race
chief
A socially defined construct that arbitrarily splits humans into groups based on skin colour.
FunkyD
it is what made you, not who you are
Helen
The Human race to which we all belong - we are one group, despite our physical variations. The term Race is used to divide us.
Raine
race is a subdivision of species which VISUALLY appear to be different from others.
Robert Zywno
race shows the marvels of Gods work. we are a variety of the human race. this makes our whole world unique and tantalizing to explore.
amina
It's just a word, a linguistic construct, a signpost that heps to distinguish one group from another.
rhondda
a convient way of describing people from diffrent areas of the world but largley irrevelent to knowing an indivudual
keith
Something that doesn't matter. As long as you are a decent person, it doesn't matter what colour you are.
Corinne Graehame
race is not important we should all look forward not back. forgive the sin of my father etc
mike
Like gender, race is the product of a discursive process.
Bette
race is important
Gareth
race is an identity formed by the amount of sun an individual and his/her ancestry has been exposed to.
hansel
different breeds of humans
jos
another word for ethnicity, i.e. the country you were born in and or the nationalities of your ancestry
Donna Banfield
Race is a socially and culturally constructed concept with no basis in biology. If there ever were 'pure' races, they no longer exist.
Jimmy
group or a human being superior in knowledge , money , power , articulate , manipulative , and other similar attributes for it's survival
Bips
Race is the physical traits that different races have. For example the dark skin to fair skin, the texture of hair, the shape of the eye.
jj
Race is a biological term misapplied to minor variances in human beings originating from different environments arising from adaptation.
Dave
Race is a biological term misapplied to minor variances in human beings originating from different environments arising from adaptation.
Dave
your genepool traits
simon
A term used by some to segregate the human kind and gain moral justification for acts of hatred and violance towards those that differ
Edvin Mand
Nature's "Trial and Error" creation (over1000s of generations )of a successful prototype by evolution. Race is everything. Just look around
GeoChivas
A way of defining people based entirely on their ethnicity and racial heritage
Andrea
Race is NOT a social construct; rather, Society is a Racial construct. Race is both genetic and memetic/cultural. It is real, and matters.
Frank
A sub species within a species. For example a Labrador is a sub species of dog.
John Smith
An interbreeding group within a species (of any animal, including human) that belongs to the same, genetic stock.
Eileen O'Connor
Race is meaningless - its just variation in apperance. Some people have blue eyes, others green or brown. Some have light skin, others dark
Paul Quinn
A group of people defined by physical attributes such as skin colour or hair colour.
Daisy
a myth created by the white man.
Gee Funks
Like cladistics, nothing more than an anthropogenic system for catagorising. Basically It's a made up thing.
Simon
Race is a social construct that seems to be based on a very small percentage of human genetic variation that has a correlation with location
Dwayne Wright
Race = Isolation. As gene pools mix and become lakes, those lakes will become an amazing ocean of diversity. The sooner the better! Mick
Michael Hallam
race is circumstantial evolution; a unique packaging pertaining to environmental demands. It does not define the person within!
Abbie Bryant
Society is a racial construct. Culture is a racial construct. Compare Sweden and Somalia for example.
Mediastudy101
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I BELEIVED RACE WAS DETERMAINANT BY ETHNIC GROUPING. NOW A LITTLE WISER I SEE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AS ONE. THE HUMAN RACE.
EDDIE MC GINN
There is only one race and that is the human race. By asking and teaching childern about race's is defining differences as if there is one.
dian
Race is the clan, country you come from. Race has a culture that is not the same as anyone else's.
Jan
My understanding about 'race' is black, brown & white skins.
Pat
"A race is simply an extremely extended family" -Steve Sailer. See www.isteve.com/makingsense.htm
Ted
Culture is a racial construct.
WakeUP
Race is the ethnic social genetic and geographic difference betwean the many groups of peoples that inhabit the earth. We are not identical
John G Moore
an ever decreasing legacy, nothing else.
dennis colin harrison.
a given and chosen summary of who you are
Charlotte, 22
A distinctive gene pool.
V.E. Bott
When one group of people have evolved special adaptations to suit their enviroment. Ie dark skin in equatorial latitudes.
Kelvin
It's the fundamental identity that every ethnic group in the world takes for granted, and covets, but such an identity is denied to Whites.
L. Konig
If there are no human races then there aren't dog breeds either and a wolf is the same species as a dachshund; humans differ more than those
JL
Race is not soley the colour of your skin or where you have originated it is the heritage and culture that has shaped you.
Saoirse Herbert
A social construct based on the visible colour of a person's skin.
Steph C
The difference in nationality and or culture between two or more groups of people
Sheila Greaves
Its the genetic code of similar people. While, Black, Chinese etc. Mixed codes make mixed race.
lyndamckay
Race is a word that was created to remind ethnic minorities like myslef that we would always be seen differently.
jennifer tung
peoples differancein ethnicity.
Beckie Piper
An excuse to be offended.
Justin Clarke
Tell us your definition...Why is he such a wasteman
christan
Race is the colour of your skin and the common seen physical features shared.
Melanie James.
An outdated idea
Steve
Country, religion and people you were born into. The comment in the Oxford English dictionary about usage is typical of causing trouble.
2squirrels
It is the country and religion you belong to but the UK have forgotten their roots and make others more important.
2squirrels
Evolution Its how 1 species breaks away into races then eventually into their own species happened to all things and back in the day of fish
Anon
ethnicity, color
Rachelle
an excuse
sarah
A group of physical features asocciated with individuals from specific ethnic origins
sarah
a persons backround
james hopkin
a line drawn by humans
Dean
Race is non existent anymore, as we are all from one source. A better way of describing it is what "genetic path" have you taken.
Lawrence Worrell
Race is a matter or of more or less melanin...plain and simple.
T.
Race is your identity your background and history. it is also your culture your way of life look and future.
melly mel
Race denial - politically expedient. 'Human race' put men on Moon. 'Men' to blame for mass-rape in SA. Leaving race out makes it all nice!
Lewontin's Fallacy
Race is nothing more than differences in customs and traditions.
Paul B
All species have sub-species ('races') which adapted specifically for an environment which they were in contact with over many generations.
Anon.
is a word that was invented to distinguish between skin colour and other factors and therefore signify difference and allow discrimination.
scarlett
An ill concieved idea based on complex morphological characteristics which fails to capture the extent of human diversity in all its wonder.
Mike Morgan
Historically separated groups that over through natural selection for different environments & genetic drift, may differ in gene frequencies
M Roth
A biologically related group.
sd
I don't believe in race. We are all descended from the same evolutionary tree. We are all just apes.
Randy Ping
race is..being among people who you understand without speaking and with whom you are absolutlely at ease in thought word and deed
steve o;mara
A falsehood! A term we should be trying to phase out.
Peray Ahmet
Race is defined simply from where your genes originate from, it's different from nationality, which is a subject of choice.
Luke Rusling
race is a competition of physical and emotional yearnnings that are pushing human beings to limits of future unknown origins.
carole
race is a competition of physical and emotional yearnnings that are pushing human beings to limits of future unknown origins.
carole
The pseudo scientific analysis, invented by the planters [slave plantation owners], that claimed immutable differences between races.
Mark Swindells
A race is an extended family that is inbred to some degree.
isteveoid
genetic differences manifested into physiological differences
ronan
A set of characteristic which can be used to catagorize human beings into certain ethnic groups
lisa ball
Omar I would be very interested to see what Dr. James Watson () thinks of the science last Taboo you should go and interview him. :(
Cassoma
when a person is not treated with equal rights, law and respect that one deserves to be apart of the society is called racism. Maya
Maya
Race is the classification of Humans into different groups due to varying physical attributions.
Matt Barnes
The origin of your family determines your race. A group of people of the same origin and religion are of the same race.
Ann Onymous
who gets there first, regardless of colour
joeperrin
i think the definition of race is either the skin colour or you race in a car or you are trying to verse time
cheresse
A term used to refer to an ethnic group that individuals belong to with respect to their morphologic, genetic and cultural identity.
Nick
cultural and phyical trates that set us apart.
bex
To me, race isn't about colour at all. Race is about a particular group's beliefs, typical behavior and general attitude.
why always bring this up...
an extremely incendiary word!
Anon
Races are taxonomic groups that are subdivisons of a species. Evolutionary psychology explains why some races are more advanced than others.
F. R White
Race is just another catagorisation our mind uses to deal with the unknown. We keep "safe" based on generalisations we learn or are taught.
C. Hamilton
Race defines humans personally and is something we should be proud of, yet it has been mostly used to segregate and opress.
tom
I think that the term racialism is a recognition of differences in people - we all belong to one race the human race-Race is power abuse
john davies
Race is a myth about human difference linked to the idea that there are things called 'races' and that some are superiror to others.
Gurnam Singh
a group that has been subject to strong enough selective pressures for long enough, with low enough gene flow, to end up demonstrably differ
Brian Richards
Race is a general grouping of humans based on ancestral heritage
mike
A biological population which forms a portion of the entire range of a species and is biologically distinguishable from other such portions.
Liam
A pseudo-scientific term employed from the 19th century to help justify different treatment such as slavery. Ethnicity is much better.
jon scaife
arbitrary
arutha
Two ends of a spectrum, without the graidents inbetween with which to guage their similarities.
Charlie
extended family
Billy Bloggs
The issue is not what it means but how it is used.
Alexandra
'Race' is a social construct. It is an idea born out of racism. Its meaning was forged by and lives on through white supremacist ideology
Rick
My gut reaction was about colour but as soon as I thought it I realised that it didn't seem to be the right definition. A tough question!
eleanor
A term generated by those who once thought they were most powerful (white) in an attempt to demean those who were dominated (black)
Abby
Race - a disgusting, socially contructed term to compartmentalise human beings into categories for there mere purpose of management.
AB
Race is fear of the other becoming the dominant
AB
Clustering gene expressions which diverge away from eachother via genetic drifting.
Andr
human
johnmk
Everyone's being so careful not to sound prejudiced or offensive, but we all know what race is and there are undeniable physical differences
Solo
People from a country or continent whose cosmetic appearence is varied and distinguishable from those of other races
jasemin akcay
Is the race responsible for material supply for design or race responsible for product design the controlling intelligence?
Mr. Robert Anthony Pinnock
race is what people perceive as making people different
Princess
Humans are like breeds of dogs,all one species yet all different in personality,behavour and intelligence .We are not all the same
mike
human variations of skin colour, facial and body features - but all equally human and intelligent
Josy
A social construction.
Rosa
As a definition of a person, race is both fundamental, and fundamentally irrelevant. It must be understood, and then ignored.
Becky
Genetic and phenotypical classification of varieties (subspecies) of H. sapiens. At least five broadly defined races of man are recognized.
RF
A social construction to make people at various level of development to be kept separate.
Hao
Ethnic category that one falls into. this can include, cultural and physical attritubes and/or characteristics but not always.
Addison
a means of creating understandable sub-divisions in order to feel a sense of belonging.
Duane Yon
I thought I knew but now I come to think about it, I really am not sure.
Rich
race is meaniningless, broad and unsophisticated phenotype classification for non-scientists.
Nadia
Race is a social construct which grew out of white Europeans wanting to justify the inhuman behaviour towards humans of another colour
R
a bloody hard thing to define
illona
A category to roughly class people by appearance.
anne
Race is a concept shaped by the perception of difference and similarity in the genetic histories of people, as individuals and groups.
E
Race is just another label to categorise individuals. With so many "mixed-race" people around, maybe it is time we dispensed with this one.
IP
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species... Race, Within a species, it identifies different physical and behavioural traits
Nic
Race should be a straight forward and dignified term. Over time human nature has sullied it, which I find really ironic.
Katie
I'm not sure what race really is
Jon
race is completely subjective and arbitrary
anna Kissin
The only definition can be the human race. Anything else will breed create justification for racism.
Jonathan
Race is just on the outside, it should not be used to judge what is inside.
Jack
We are just one race
Clare
The Oxford English Dictionary definition talks about race being a 'division' of mankind. And therein lies the problem.
Amanda
It captures much of what makes up a person, their history, family and culture. It should not be about divisions and skin colour.
Martha
The word "race" is loaded, because it connotes prejudice and segregation, when it should refer to mere geographical adaptations of the body.
Pavla
A set of people who share a set of evolutionary similar traits
janet
An irrelevance in contemporary society.
Jane
A term used to encourage people to focus on differences rather than similarities among their fellow human beings.
Jen
The more I think about 'race' the more I find it hard to define - there is only one race, the human race.
Tom
race suggests a competition or a challenge, it's an unusual word to use to describe the differences between members of the human race.
Ally

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