Social Construct

The social construction of race is a topic that is worth discussing. In the United States the black/white color line has historically been rigidly defined and enforced. People have been stereotypical and afraid as long as I can remember. Labeling people as we think they should be based on the color of their skin or just thinking it’s in their biology so they must be this or they must be that. Race is socially constructed and is not a biological construct.

When we hear the word "race" we're more than likely inclined to automatically think of the color of someone's skin. Though this isn't entirely inappropriate, there is so much more to race than that. Sociologists say that race is a social construction created in society, meaning it's basically a set of "stories" we tell ourselves and hear overtime to make sense of the world. Since we hear these stories over and over again, we act on them, ultimately making them true. This can be said of many aspects of culture and society, however, it seems to happen with race without our realization.

Another example could be if you look at sports. It doesn’t matter which it could be basketball, hockey, football, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, or volleyball. I think you get the point. It also doesn’t matter what level amateur, college, professional. All these sports you can see racial differences between the athletes. Professional Football for example, if you break it down by position you can see which culture dominates it. The Quarterbacks are mostly white. The reason for this being is that most of the black people are already running backs or wide receivers the white are more accurate and have a better developed football sense or the ability to see the field. If we look at quarterback ratings which is the system for rating quarterbacks based on completion percentage, average yards per attempt, percentage of touchdown passes, and

Race is a social-constructed terminology where it categorizes people into groups that share certain distinctive physical characteristics such as skin color. However, race and racial identity is unstable, unfixed and constantly shifting, as race, typically, is a signifier of prevalent social conflict and interest. Although, many, particularly anthropologists and sociologists, argue in the aforementioned point of view, some – mainly white population -- believe that racial characteristics are biologically inherited.

Race is defined in our textbook as a group of people who share a set of characteristics- typically these characteristics are described as physical ones, common bloodlines. We often think as race in relation to racism, which is a belief that members of a separate race possess different and unequal traits coupled with the power to restrict freedoms based on those differences. Racism is connected with three different keys in belief, that humans are in different groups in relation to bloodlines and physical types, that these

In order to understand the construct of race, we have to first understand fundamental facts about race and how it has formed over the years. Race is a social construct because in order for something to have a reliable foundation, its categories and classifications would have to be consistent, regardless of individual

Looking at society and the formation of race in a historical context, whites have always held a higher title or delusional belief of “white-skin privileges.” This advantage gives whites an advantage in society whether one wants it or not. This notion is often commonly referred to as reality. As a young adult, I strongly believe that race is a socially constructed and disagree with the theory that race is a natural occurrence. Although ,different races have different physical features, these physical differences have no effect on one's actions, beliefs, and thoughts of a person.

Race is a “human-constructed categories that assume great social importance. Those categories are typically based on observable physical traits (for example, skin shade, hair texture, and eye shape) and geographic origin believed to distinguish one race from another” (Ferrante 2014). Based on the definition, the reading I made, and the video of “A Class Divided”, I believe race is a social construction idea made by society to distinguish between different races, and then passed that view of race from generation to generation because that is what they have been told from an authoritative person to believe since childhood. Once people have knowledge of what is the meaning of race, then society creates racism, prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination against other races.

The idea that race is a social construct is interesting because I never thought about it in that way. It is a social construct created by man; there are no substantial biological differences between the ‘races’ of the United States. I think that if you were to randomly select people and ask what the differences between races are, a majority of the responses would include physical differences, most notably skin color. While I do agree that there is no consistent basis biologically for races, there are differences between them sociologically. Even if the United States did not recognize races, there are stereotypes and stigmas associated with skin color and stigmas that affect how people interact with each other. I think that nearly everyone,

So, when we say "race is a social construct" what we mean is that "people are all built with the same blocks, they don't vary much from person to person or group to group, and the only major differences are the ones we make for ourselves."

I do think that some races are social construct. Some races based on society’s beliefs and their perspective on things. Some races are considered to be in a different category than it was from years ago and it makes you question society as a whole. Are they separating races based on teir belief? Are they considering the biological suspects of humans as a whole? I feel like “race” should not be a term that is used to distunguish humans into categories. However, reading over material and watching videos, it made me look at things in a different perspective. Some people of different races have a lot of similarites. I feel like they catergorize race upon their belief and political process. How can one’s race change after generations to come? I

According Welsch and Vivanco, race is a separate and inferior race of people, race being a concept that organizes people into groups based on specific physical traits that are thought to reflect fundamental and innate differences (Welsch and Vivanco 2015 pg. 265). Since time memory, people think that race is biological or I can can it is a myth; most of the Americans, and other people define race differently. Actually, most of the think race is all related to physical characteristics like skin color, size of the eye and nose size. For example, many North Americans think that race is being white or black. To some extend, majority of people think being black means slavery, being ruled, and therefore have no say in anything. Further evidence of the cultural constructive nature of racial categories lies in the changes seen of these categories within populations

A social construct is an idea or understanding about the world that is shared by the members of the society (Gergen, 2015). Arthur Shawcross alienates himself from the society. He is the only one capable of understanding his perception about life. The society's understanding of life contradicts with his, and as a result, the society rejects him as one of

From the beginning of recorded history, especially in nature, some form of racism and sexism have existed. They may have no be referred by these terms but evidence exists in many forms. Birth determinants like the sex (male/female) and gender (masculine/feminine) of a person are used to determine the individual’s appearance and behavior in a specific time and place. These social constructs are ideologies that hold meaning to a concrete society because the society itself renders them meaningful; they do not necessarily exist but are enforced upon the masses disguised as a necessary norm. It serves a purpose; to solidify an idea that serves as a norm. Whoever doesn’t conform to it is considered deviant. It is definitely not beneficial to all

Social constructionist use the term social construction to imply that our understanding of the world in which we live is constructed from the social interactions we have on a daily basis. In reference to identity, social constructionist theory (SCT) proposes that we as social beings actively construct our identities using social tools as the means in which to construct our identities, the foremost one being language.