Question

what is the difference between a biological and social view of race?

Answer 1

According to the biological viewpoint, races may be referred to as the genetically distinct populations of individuals within the same species. For example in human beings, race may be referred to as a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color. Biological traits such as white skin and blonde hair are associated with American people or brown skin and black hair is associated with Asian people.

According to Sociologists and other social scientists race is a socially constructed concept. Racial formation refers to the process that is determined from the interplay between social structure and everyday life, through which the meaning of race and racial categories are formed. For instance, whites have mostly been categorized as being racist, intelligent and superior whereas African Americans have been described as uneducated, aggressive and unemployable. In the same context, Scientific racism refers to the pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support racial discrimination, racial inferiority, or racial superiority.