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Post by maysamyounis on Nov 22, 2015 8:38:38 GMT
Is Race social construct or biological? As human we became to create something that call race because to Race is the used likely to be divided according to religion, language, lineage, and nationality, There is such conflict is the race biological or social consorts.But based on search I find that race is not biological or genetical.But it is the social construct,because race us human social to standard is just a way for us to define us from each other, Basically we judge who we are by our skin color. But then get change in 16th century,there was not such as race in english language until 1508 in a poem by william Duncar, until it he mentioned in his poem but then it became to used as social word. Europeans start to used three different categories to defined groups of people which they are Mongolgid (Asian), Caucasoid(European) and N word for (Africa).And this concepts of race was used as a means of justifying superiority and colonization.black term develop in United states as a result of slavery and colonization which becomes a means of differentiating the enslaved africans and from the Europeans Race formally developed by Europeans as means of cluncoolifying those who were different. I find this information from this two links it was interesting information i was not know this before really. www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/06/16/how-fluid-is-racial-identity/race-and-racial-identity-are-social-constructs www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxkDfcFcvOo What do you think guys?
Who Can We define Race?Who gets to define Race? Is Race social construct?
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Post by toufiq on Nov 22, 2015 15:00:03 GMT
Social construct totally. We are all sort of same biologically. Because of the fact that we are from different places there can be some differences as cultural, behavioral etc. But at the end of the day we are all human. But these differences shows up than they actually are in the society when we come to an interaction. We are scared of anything that we are not familiar with. It's in our instincts. I think that's the reason we created all of these social structures to keep ourselves away from these interactions. But now as we are verging towards a more global community day by day, I don't think it's possible anymore. So it's time for us to let our guards down at deal with this issue.
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Post by christopher on Nov 22, 2015 15:22:40 GMT
Social! Biologically, we are the same. It is just that there are some difference in terms of genetics. We are the same human. As people lived in different environment and formed different community in different region, they adapted and formed their unique culture. Their appearance would've adapt accordingly too. Racism is totally constructed by society. The idea that every one is different because of their appearance is fed by society. There is no such thing as racism. Racism is just a term that people make up to emphasize superiority over others.
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Post by jonah21 on Nov 28, 2015 5:48:31 GMT
I would say race is socially constructed. Technically, like everyone said, we are all biologically similar. We are all human. I think that those with similar opinions, religion, etc. all start to group together and identify as one people. Eventually, different groups start to develop and everyone starts to separate out. Groups start to develop their own "race" to identify themselves: Asian, African, etc. Even though race is socially constructed, I think that it's up to the people themselves to decide who they truly are, and not be told by some leader figure or anyone who they are.
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Post by juliaj on Nov 29, 2015 6:56:10 GMT
I think race is a social construction but ethnicity is not. It's just like with gender and sex. What matters more than race though, is culture because I feel like that's what really makes us all different. But even within each culture, there are differences and so there shouldn't be any generalization. However, because we are human and maybe it's because of not liking not understanding, but we tend to cluncoolify things, and I think that's where the social construct of race comes from.
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Post by melody on Nov 29, 2015 11:58:22 GMT
Agreeing with Julia, I think race is just like gender and sex. Honestly, yes we do look different. Some have darker skins and some have biggger eyes. However, the important thing is, it doesn't matter.
It's more weird to see a person who exactly looks like someone else. People are all different. This is why race doesn't matter. Race is a social construction. Again, I agree with Julia that what matters more than Race is actually the culture. In every country, there are tons of different race who speak the same language and who share the same culture. People learn differently from time to time and by culture. Race is not a big deal. It just shows everybody looks different. What matters more is that people socialize no matter what they look like or behave like. We are all humans!
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Post by toomuchchanmin on Nov 29, 2015 12:37:04 GMT
Humans fear that is not same to them. They fear things that are different, and that is human instinct. Because of geographical reasons, up until the 21 century when air travel became a common thing, common people never really got the chance to meet with people from other race. Even 20 years ago in Korea, it would be rare to see a foreigner walk in the street, and people would stare at them strangely because it's not common. So in the end, I think race discrimination come from human instinct. Humans are really flawed beings, and racism is one of the outcomes.
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Post by mayurika98 on Nov 29, 2015 13:14:35 GMT
Race is a social construct. It is something we have made up to differentiate our skin colors and other appearances. It is also something that I don't think is necessary for us to live. I know different customs and values come from your ethnicity but that's what makes you unique. There is nothing wrong with that, but does it make you more proud or more human to be a specific skin color? No. The person who came up with the term and idea of race must be really ignorant of what really is important in life. It's the same blood that runs through our veins and the same air we breathe so why differentiate on appearance.
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Post by anniee on Dec 6, 2015 3:45:46 GMT
There is an effect from biological construct, but I think that race is mostly the result of social construct. There is no denying that there are often distinct genetic differences of Caucasians and Asians, or Asians and Africans: Asians tend to be shorter, Africans have darker skin due to the abundance of melanin, etc. However, there are always exceptions within each race whom may resemble a different race - especially those from interracial marriages and international adoptions - and these people become unable to identify themselves as a specific race. This is when the idea of race becomes a social construct. Instead of allowing these biracial children to be accepted by both cultures, people begin to recognize them based on how much they match the stereotypical appearance of some race, which means that all they care about is the physical features rather than the cultural ancestry. Race no longer becomes based on one's descendants but how people in the modern world identify race. Watch this video from Buzzfeed to see how even the Buzzfeed community struggled with identity from the idea of race based on appearance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=it9u_VsIzTI . |
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Post by sangjoon on Dec 12, 2015 10:40:41 GMT
I think its's more like social construct. This is because all humans are born same. Most of identity of races are basically from the social atmospheres and society. What I mean is that people make the people. There's a human nature of getting influenced by other humans when they are with them for a long time and same races tend to spend time a lot with same races. Thus, I think it's more close to nurture which is social construct.
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Post by Jooyoung on Dec 12, 2015 14:37:07 GMT
I totally agree with what most of you said! Race is indeed a socially constructed term. Though we may look different in terms of our looks, we are actually very similar biologically. We all are capable of laughing when we are happy and crying when we are sad. We are all capable of learning and thinking critically. This is obvious because we are of the same specie; we are all homo sapiens. If people are so similar, why are people labeled with different race? I believe this is due to difference in culture. Because world is so big, people who are closer together tend to have developed more similar culture compared to those who are far away because physical contact was unavailable looooong time ago. Overtime, the regional culture became part of people's identity and people started to categorize other based on their identity, or constructing race.
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Post by jin794 on Dec 13, 2015 13:37:35 GMT
Race is definitely socially constructed. Even though people look different from each other, it is true that people have similar biological shape. People develop their own race to identify themselves through different culture. People will construct similar culture by living in a same region. For example, when European expanded its territory, they later decided to unite those territories together by creating common language, religion, and culture. It is true that regional culture plays a significant role to identify and categorize themselves in to certain race.
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Post by susansun18 on Dec 13, 2015 15:27:31 GMT
Race is a social contrast, nobody is born racist.We identify race by different appearance, language, culture and other things. Biologically, we are all human with the same structure, different race. In my opinion, race = unique culture+unique language+unique appearance. Though we have different race, race is like a big category for you, we still have to truly define ourselves as individual.
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