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Although race and ethnicity are defined socially, not biologically, these classifications haveaffected individuals and families in many ways throughout history and in present day. Social influenceshave shaped families of different race and ethnicity over time through laws, opportunities (or lackthereof), and other social and economic pressures. Families of different races and/or ethnicities havefound their own ways to deal with these pressures, and in some ways developed traditions within their

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question of race. Race is a prevalent and influential part of our everyday life that surprisingly many do not even understand. What is race? For years race has been used as a tool in the subjugation of human populations on the perceived notion of biological superiorities. Race by definition is a population “that develops distinct characteristics differing from other populations of the same species”, while these variations may have social and cultural implications, genetic evidence suggests race has no

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of the the races. The USA Track and Field team saw how good I ran . They told me to join the team. I asked if I will be able to run in the olympics. They said if I train good I will be able to run in the olympics. So I trained for the olympics. I practiced with Tyson Gay, Justin Gatlin and Mike Rodgers. After three years of practicing , I was in the qualifying round in the olympics and I came in first. I made it all the way to the

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Race, simple external differences linked to other complex internal differences, has historically created issues in American society. “Race and racial inequalities are one of the most vital issues confronting contemporary U.S. society,” explains Sociologist Ronald Takaki. In the past race has had both biological and social implications across the country.However, the video Race: The Power of Illusion presents significant evidence refuting the biological theories of race. Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory

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Race is a social-constructed terminology where it categorizes people into groups that share certain distinctive physical characteristics such as skin color. However, race and racial identity is unstable, unfixed and constantly shifting, as race, typically, is a signifier of prevalent social conflict and interest. Although, many, particularly anthropologists and sociologists, argue in the aforementioned point of view, some – mainly white population -- believe that racial characteristics are biologically

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Postcolonial historian Matthew Frye Jacobson in Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race traces the “racial odyssey” of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe who were at first regarded as racial other, and then relegated to the status between black and white, and finally inclusive as Caucasian white. These in-between groups were classified as “Hebrews,” “Celts,” “Mediterraneans,” “Iberics,” “Slavs,” “Teutons,” and the like in nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

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Race is one of many key factors that influence the historic relationship between classes, ethnicity, immigrants, bodies, and the state, specifically when it comes to notions of citizenship. The articles, Perils of Degeneration, Hygiene and "The Indian Problem", Nationalizing Children through Schools and Hygiene, Puffy, Ugly, Slothful and Inert’, and The Vice Trust, all point to the function of popular perceptions of race in society, specifically how individuals are classified based on certain racial

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historical texts, the topic of race has consistently become a topic of discussion that is now an inherently justified through classification in today’s modern day society. However, race, unbeknown to many people, was created to dehumanized and animalize people who had different characteristics than the “average person.” Texts like Francois Bernier’s “A New Division of Faith,” Francois Marie-Voltaire’s “Of the Different Races of Men,” and Immanuel Kant’s “Of the Different Human Races” are all examples of how

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Since the Middle Ages, the issues of race have long been discussed. In nearly every culture, race has been a topic of complex discussion that has brought social discomfort and in most instances racial prejudice - Elizabethan England being no exception. William Shakespeare applies the issue of race in many of his plays; such in the tragedy of Othello that captures the reality of society in Elizabethan England, showing common racial bias of that era. Through his characters in the play, Shakespeare

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Race is a concept that was socially constructed to structure a hierarchical order that poses some races as superior to others. This concept is unable to explain human genome variation and evolution, thus nullifying the flawed concept with scientific evidence. Human variation occurs because of evolution, a biological process that all organisms involuntary undergo so that they can adapt to their environment to maximize their chances of survival. In contrast, race explains human variation as physical

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