Spokane NAACP official Rachel Dolezal's "race" is questioned
"'Race' is socially constructed, meaning that it is an idea produced by human thought and interaction rather than something that exists as a material fact of life on earth . . .
"'Race' is socially constructed, meaning that it is an idea produced by human thought and interaction rather than something that exists as a material fact of life on earth . . .
'Race' is rooted in false beliefs about the validity of observed physical differences as indicators of human capacity or behaviors. Human beings build categories and make distinctions naturally. But there is no biological basis for racial categories and no relationship between classification based on observed physical characteristics and patterns of thought or behavior . . .
Humans do not have separate subspecies or races the way some animals do, and genetic traits like skin color are inherited separately from other physical and mental traits, such as eye and hair features, blood type, hand-eye coordination, and memory . . .
Humans do not have separate subspecies or races the way some animals do, and genetic traits like skin color are inherited separately from other physical and mental traits, such as eye and hair features, blood type, hand-eye coordination, and memory . . .
Social imperatives change racial categories and meanings over time, as political, cultural, and scientific developments force us to reconsider what once seemed certain. No matter the time and place, race is intimately bound with the distribution of rights and resources, and racial ideas are manifest in social inequalities."