Definition of Race

Definition of Race

Write a 525- to 700-word paper discussing the current view that race is a social construction supported by political realities.

Include the following:

How does this view compare with the traditional, biological view of race?
What are motivating factors for early Americans to construct race and racial categories?
Which approach – assimilation, melting pot, fusion and/or pluralism – matches most closely to the new definition of race in contemporary America?
Which definition of race do you support? Why?
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

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A race is a group of individuals classified together based on nationality, genetic traits, skin color and common history. Race as non-existence has become a social construction for purposes of politics. There is no DNA evidence to support the existence of more than one human race biologically. Skin tone has become a source of recognizing and defining race.

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