How has your own society’s concept of race shaped your life? Would your life be different if you were another race?

Race Ethnicity & Class

Then instructions are to read, watch, and use the web links to answer the highlighted text.
Discussion Post 11: Race, Ethnicity, & Class.

Imagine that an alien who wants to study humans comes to Earth and asks you to explain the differences that exist among humans and how those differences have affected you.
Based on what you have learned from readings and the video, how would you explain the concept of race? Make sure that your answer draws on the materials for this week and doesn’t just repeat inaccurate assumptions you may have learned previously.
How has your own society’s concept of race shaped your life? Would your life be different if you were another race?