"Race is a social construct" - what that statement really means

[Chocolate_Hound]

The lines between "races" become extremely fuzzy when you go from Southern Europe/Middle East and Eastern Europe/North Asia.

[zebruh]

It is. Austrailian aborigines look more like sub saharans but technically they are closer to asians. Same with andaman islanders.

The idea of race is different from culture to culture. But often times its based off what someone looks like. Not so much their genetics and family origins. This is especially true in non hispanic countries.

[Batavia]

It is not a construct of course, and everyone sees that; most people want to belief that we are all the same, but thats not true. The media tells us that there are no races and many people want to belief that or they don´t even care.
Sure the environment also has an impact on behavior but the race is the foundation - the whole style the ability to grasp, its all a question of blood.
The white races in particular have great differences in character, inclinations and talents.
Don´t listen to the people who say we are all the same, because we are not.
That doesn´t mean that I hate other races, they´re just different.
But of course there are cruel races with bad charisma...

In europe race officilaly doenst excist, in ´the US its only the colour of the skin.
But its so much more and it regards everyone - blood is everywhere.