Sunday Dialogue: The Meaning Of 'Race'

What's The Meaning Of Race?
A march and rally in East St. Louis, Illinois, shows solidarity between the residents of the city and the parents of Trayvon Martin, on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, formerly lived in East St. Louis, and still has many friends there. About 400 people marched from the parking lot of the East St. Louis Board of Education to the U.S. Federal Courthouse. (Tim Vizer/Belleville News-Democrat/MCT via Getty Images)
A march and rally in East St. Louis, Illinois, shows solidarity between the residents of the city and the parents of Trayvon Martin, on Saturday, July 20, 2013. Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, formerly lived in East St. Louis, and still has many friends there. About 400 people marched from the parking lot of the East St. Louis Board of Education to the U.S. Federal Courthouse. (Tim Vizer/Belleville News-Democrat/MCT via Getty Images)

Discussing the social effects and science of classifying humans.

To the Editor:

What should we do about “race”?

Over many decades, those who study genetics have found no biological evidence to support the idea that humans consist of different “races.” Based on such scientific data, Ashley Montagu published “Man’s Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race” in 1942. New discoveries have confirmed what he said then. So why, over seven decades after his book, do we keep talking and living as though biological “races” exist?

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