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Race: Biological Or Cultural?

Through research of DNA samples, scientists have been able to declare that race is not biologically constructed due to the similarities between human genes. Nevertheless, in reality, people still emphasized on biological aspects such as skin color, or hair texture to categorize others into different races. This in turn, denied the true identity of race, which it is culturally constructed. Ethnicity, by definition is also culturally constructed, therefore it greatly resemble race. There is no real clear line to distinct the two.

According to Nicholson, encounters between explorers, such as Christopher Columbus and Henry Hudson, and Native Americans were always friendly. There was no "expression of hostility based on physical appearance" (Nicholson 15) between the two
groups. When there was any hostility, it was not based on physical appearance, but rather more of culture practices or values. Cannibalism, for example, "seems to take place without any regard to race, creed, or......


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