How can people say "Race doesn't exist"?
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It's all a word game. One person's definition of 'race' is different from another person's. The philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein taught that all philosphical disagreements are caused by ambiguity in language. Some people think of 'race' as being the equivilent to 'species'. In that case they would argue that all humans are the same 'race'. Others define race as the outward observable physical characteristics, especially related to the color of the skin. People can say whatever they want. It doesn't make it true.
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What does it mean to exist? Do they have to breath air and run and poop and live and die to have existed? They exist in stories and legends and in all of our imaginations. Is that any less real? \n\nAs long as we can all still think and feel and dream, they will always be around.
488521
Sheer ignorance.  Also, self-denial.  For instance, sometimes when people intellectually and logically know they have diseases (like cancer, for instance), they simply cannot accept it because they don't want to believe it.  If you keep saying to yourself, no matter what the evidence, that the "thing" you choose not to believe is not real, pretty soon, you really do deny its existence.
590129
Could be fear of it if not true. It is hard to believe that dosn't exist anyhow.
636679
Oh the conflicting slogans the mindless lemmings parott. The races are all the same slogans & slogans that say we need racial diversity. The races are equall slogans & those complaining about racial inequality or how evil whitey is or was for this or that or how great other races are. Diversity is our strength slogans and yet anti racist slogans about how we must overcome racial divides no matter how hard it is or how long it takes.
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First, race does not exist.  It is a made-up term, originating as pseudo-science in the early 1900's as an excuse to keep the European/American upper class white people in control of most governments.  Studied far closer after WWII, race has been found to be non-existent - the only biological differences between 'colors' are the levels of melanin present in the skin.  Otherwise, there are no biological differences at all.  Our ethnicities and religious beliefs are really what seperates us, the "us" and "them".  Now, there are certain genes that frequent different geographical areas:  for example, sickle-cell anemia gene is far more prevalent within Africans, but as a heterozygote (that is, one parent gives the gene FOR and one 'not FOR') these Africans are protected from malaria!  Amazing what the human body will do, what it will adapt to!
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Well hopefully with time people will see there is only 1 race.....the human race.\nI refuse to take responsibilty for the actions of people that are now dead. \nI CAN say that what they did was wrong but I can't change it.\nSo the best way to deal with it is to learn from their mistakes and treat all people the same. \nYeah I know long long way to go yet.
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"How do you explain all the poor people, black ones"\n\nSome one is racist
548486
Who says that you don't see racism any more?  I see it every day.  As a school teacher our black students are treated differently.  Just today I had a student from the Dominican Republic give a speech to community members.  One she finished and had left, on member of the audience said, "she didn't look Dominican."  Just because she came from Spanish (from Spain for those of you who don't know what that means) background and therefor ended up on in the upper class of the Dominican society she couldn't be Dominican since all Dominican's are "primitive" (quoted form the community member.
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I think the majority of the people (including African-Americans) use the words "white" and "black" as a simplifier.  It is the same principle that an official in a basketball game uses to describe to the score keeper the player who committed the foul.  He commonly will say, for example, "push on number 11, blue team" when the color of uniform he is alluding to is actually purple or another odd darker color.  The same if the player is wearing grey.  The official will refer to it as white.  It is just easier for clarification.\n\nThere may be some hidden motivation for some people in the past (or possibly the present) concerning good/bad, black/white, but I doubt that most people get that from it.\n\nAs a matter of fact, I would guess that most people would rather have a black car than a white one.  White is plain (and usually less expensive).\n\nPeople will see what they want to see, I guess.
635604
I have yet to find one race that excepts everyone no matter what color they are. I've had racial slang thrown at me by Hispanics, and Blacks. Racism isn't just practiced by white people.
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How do we know there really isn't?
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That that is, is.  That that is not, is not.   Is not that that is, is? It is.\n\nIt's clearer if you write what the sentence means by other words.  Example:\n\nThe thing that exists, exists.  The thing that does not exist, does not exist.  Isn't that which exists, the very thing we say exists?  Yes, it is.
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It would be impossible for anyone to NOT be prejudice in some ways.  Prejudice is a biased opinion, based on insufficient knowledge.\n\nSo if prejudice is a biased opinion (we all have those) and the opinion is based on insufficient knowledge (none of us knows everything about everything) then it is impossible to be completely free of prejudice.\n\nNow, if you meant racism, that is a whole other issue.  Racism is a belief in the inherent superiority of a particular race or races over others, usually with the implication of a right to be dominant.\n\nRacism needs to be wiped out.  Grouping all people of one race together based on a belief that your race is better is ridiculous.
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Today a racist wouldn't pass the primaries.  They haven't a chance to be president.  On the other hand the true racist will call others racist when they don't like their veiws so the can divert the arguements on the values of the arguement!
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I think many people make false claims of racism when in actuality it had nothing to do with race. Some people need to get over things. Racism doesn't exist half as bad as what people and the media make it out to be...
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OK, first of all, race is all in your head. The differences among members of a so-called "race" are greater than the differences between one so-called race and another. \n\nOn the other hand, racism is very real behavior, even if the differences between races that inspire racism have no scientific basis. In an effort to track the success of government efforts to combat racism, the US federal government has established five official races: \n\n1) American Indian or Alaskan Native\n2) Asian\n3) Black or African American\n4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, \n5) White \n\nThe US federal government also recognizes two official ethnicities: \n\nA) Hispanic or Latino\nB) Not Hispanic or Latino\n\nThe definititions for these groups are found in the first link listed below in the "Sources" section. \n\nNow, if you ask people who they are, they either have a tough time putting themselves in these categories, or they don't. Folks in Hawaii often have such complex backgrounds (Portuguese-Hawaiian-Chinese, for instance), that they just shrug and check a box. If you ask them about it, they might say, "It's just a form. It doesn't have anything to do with who I am." On the other hand, children with one Black parent and one White parent find this kind of form much more difficult. \n\nVery often though, even the folks who are pretty sure they belong to just one of these groups are wrong. Recent DNA research suggests that about one-third of White Americans have some fairly recent African ancestry. The Black population in the US seems to have an even greater degree of European and African ancestry. One study looked for known genes with an African origin in the DNA of Black individuals in the US and found none of them in about 5.5% of their sample of that population. \n\nEach of the categories you list has people whose ancestors came from many different countries. The best way to tell who is what is to ask each individual. The US government used to give pictures of eye and nose shape to its census workers to help them tell the difference among races, which is a ridiculous approach. It is much simpler and accurate to merely ask the person.  That's the best truth you will ever get.