What does it mean that race is “socially constructed”?

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What does it mean that race is “socially constructed”?

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It means that humans have decided to classify people as different races, but that there are really just variations along a continuum and not artificial break points with biological differences. While the difference between the average Swede and average Kenyan might be obvious, if you go from country to country, you’ll just see gradual changes over the distance.

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