Race as a Social Construct Rather Than Biological Fact

Abstract: A 6 page paper examining the biological basis of racial categorization. There is little evidence of race as a physical and biological fact, but much evidence indeed for race as a purely social concept. One very biological fact is that we humans need to finds points of reference in everything in order to process information most efficiently. Our very mechanism of thinking and learning categorizes information, and there is no shame in categorizing people according to color

Filename: Soclrace.doc

Pages: 6

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Catagory: Race, Politics & Society

Subcatagory: Sociology, Social Work, & Counseling

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