Sociologists often argue that race is a social construction. A social construction is a set of stories we tell ourselves to organize reality and make sense of the world, rather than a fixed or biological reality. We tell ourselves the same story repeatedly, and eventually we being to believe it. People may use their race to give themselves an identity. With race being a social construct, it has caused us nothing but bigotry and trouble. The author argues that there is nothing natural about how we categorize races into groups today.
Take, for example, an interracial marriage between a white person and a black person. With this association, this white person might start to unintentionally shed some of their privileges received for being white
Take, for example, an interracial marriage between a white person and a black person. With this association, this white person might start to unintentionally shed some of their privileges received for being white