Why is race considered a social construct?

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I know that humans made the race classification system purely out of racist intent, which would make it a social construct, right?

But that made me think of how in some instances, different races (or ethnicities I’m not sure) smell different from other races. Wouldn’t this point make race a bit of a biological/genetic concept too?

I apologize in advance if I sound ignorant, but I really want to be educated on this topic.

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People from different ethnical backgrounds have common traits with a genetic causes, there’s no arguing about that (color of skin, form of the face etc.).

The point is that the difference by consensus aren’t really big enough, and not clearly distinguished enough to divide humans into different races.

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