After reading Ian F. Lopez Haney’s article, I think race is indeed a ‘socially constructed’ concept. In US the definition of race is based on person’s physical features primarily skin color. Since skin color is related to the genetic trait, race itself must be genetic as many “biological race” folks claim. But, history of tagging the so-called diverse race classes proves that race is social constructed phenomenon. For example traditionally people categorized race as ‘Ethiopian’, ‘Caucasian’, ‘Mongolian’, ‘Malayan’ or ‘American race’ proposed by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach. These categories of race were based on common inherited background. But, today some civilized society use race as ‘stampt’ to sort people into made-up classes they believe
