5. The myth of race
TODAY RACIST IDEAS ARE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS POSSESSING
NO SCIENTIFIC VALIDITY.
IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT THE IDEA OF RACE IS A VERY RECENT ONE.
THE CULTURE AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF PARTICULAR GROUPS ARE NOT
NATURAL OR PRE-ORDAINED BUT SOCIALLY PRODUCED.
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES DO EXIST BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS BUT
THEY SHADE INTO EACH OTHER ON A SPECTRUM. TO DIVIDE OR
CLASSIFY PEOPLE IN A RACIST WAY IS TO MAKE A SOCIAL, NOT A
BIOLOGICAL, JUDGEMENT.
RACISM IS SCIENTIFICALLY DISCREDITED, BUT STILL GRIPS
PEOPLE’S MINDS AND INFLUENCES THEIR BEHAVIOUR.
THERE ARE NOT MANY RACES BUT ONE HUMAN RACE.