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Originally posted by RACooper
Sounds a little backwards... historically the first written records that talk of "races" (Eygptian) uses skin colour as a measure of a person's place of origin; a means of classification or description. I think that "races" were created as a way of classifying people, a descriptive term, because it is common for people to use visual cues in describing a person or object.
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I think Race is a combination of physical characteristics and socio-political status. It wasn't as simple as describing someone but also cementing their status within that particular society. South Africa's apartheid system is one example of that.
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