Definition of Race

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

Include the following:

1. How does this view compare with the traditional, biological view of race?
2. What are motivating factors for early Americans to construct race and racial categories? 
3. Which approach - assimilation, melting pot, fusion and/or pluralism - matches most closely to the new definition of race in contemporary America?
4. Which definition of race do you support?  Why?

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines