Race

Race is still a powerful social idea that gives people different access to opportunities and resources. Our government and society have created advantages to being white. This affects everyone, whether we are aware of it, or not. In POWER OF ILLUSION website, i found some facts about race.
Here are some of them...

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1. Race is a modern idea: Ancient societies did not divide people according to physical differences, but according to religion , status, class and even language.
2. Race has no genetic basis: Not one characteristic, trait, or gene distinguishes all members of one race from all members of another race.
3. Skin color is only skin deep: Most traits are inherited independently of one another. The genes for skin color have nothing to do with genes for hair texture, eye shape, blood type, musical talent, or athletic ability.
4. Human subspecies don't exist: Unlike, many animals, modern humans have not been around long enough, nor have populations been isolated enough, to evolve into separate subspecies or races. Despite surface differences, we are among the most similar of all species.





Citation:
"Race-The Power of an Illusion." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 16 Mar. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/race/>.