definition of race assignment

definition of race assignment

Write a 1,050 word paper discussing the current view that race is a social construction supported by political realities.  Include the following:

  • How does this view compare with the biological view of race?
  • How did the biological view justify unequal treatment towards racial and ethnic minorities? 
  • Which approach – assimilation, melting pot, fusion and/or pluralism – matches most closely to the new definition of race in contemporary America? Explain your answer.
  • What evidence supports the view that race is a social construction?