What is Race?

[Anessa]

Hello everyone. This is my first time posting on Greekchat, even though I have been observing this message board for quite some time, and I must say you all are some dynamic women and I am thrilled to join your ranks. I have an issue that I am quite interested in, and that is the idea of race.

In the book Racial Formation in the United States written by Michael Omi and Howard Winant, They state that some people think "race is an essance" while others think of "race as an illusion," what do you think?
Moreover, what do you think about the implications of race regaurding the purpose or your organizations?

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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a
thousand heads bowing in prayer. - Ghandi

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