Definition of Race

Read Chapter One in your textbook, and use it as the primary resource for this assignment.

Write a 525- to 700-word paper discussing the current view that race is a social construction supported by political realities. 

Include the following:

• How does the social construct view compare with the traditional, biological view of race?
• What are motivating factors for early Americans to construct race and racial categories? 
• Why do scientists, as reported in Chapter One, consider genetic traits to be of little importance in defining race?
• What is the modern definition of "minority group," and wof Racehy does the definition no longer relate to the size of the group?