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Race

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Race is a socially constructed classification, built on selected physical traits a society treats as significant, not a valid biological division.

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The traits singled out as "racial," and how many races are named, have both changed across history and culture.

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Race is a real social fact with real consequences; it is not a real biological taxonomy.