Question

Do you think race is an abstraction or a concert concept? Explain your answer

Answer 1

• Yes, I think race is a concrete concept.Sociologists define race as a concept that is used to signify different types of human bodies. While it is socially constructed through human interaction and relationships between people and institutions, as a social force, race is very real in its consequences.
• It's a concept we think is too crude to provide useful information, it's a concept that has social meaning that interferes in the scientific understanding of human genetic diversity. It is something which has been created by the society of categorising us into different races depending upon our colour,gender,ethinicity etc. It is something we see around us and even talk about.
• Race is a social construct dependent on a myriad of factors.In the United States, there's a conflation between race and class for example. Identity and experience also play an important role in the perception of race. There's also a school of people who say that race doesn't exist, but if you ask anyone who's been discriminated against black, white, Asian, etc.they will certainly tell you otherwise.