Homo sapiens is a species, not a race.
Ethnicity refers to selected cultural and sometimes physical characteristics used to classify people into groups or categories considered to be significantly different from others. Commonly recognized American ethnic groups include American Indians, Latinos, Chinese, African Americans, European Americans, etc. In some cases, ethnicity involves merely a loose group identity with little or no cultural traditions in common. This is the case with many Irish and German Americans. In contrast, some ethnic groups are coherent subcultures with a shared language and body of tradition. Newly arrived immigrant groups often fit this pattern.
A race is a biological subspecies 
, or variety of a species, consisting of a more or less distinct population with anatomical traits that distinguish it clearly from other races. This biologist's definition does not fit the reality of human genetic variation today. We are an extremely homogenous species genetically. As a matter of fact, all humans today are 99.9% genetically identical, and most of the variation that does occur is in the difference between males and females and our unique personal traits. This homogeneity is very unusual in the animal kingdom. Even our closest biological relatives, the chimpanzees have 2-3 times more genetic variation than people. Orangutans have 8-10 times more variation.
It is now clear that our human "races" are primarily cultural creations, not biological realities. The commonly held belief in the existence of human biological races is based on the false assumption that anatomical traits, such as skin color and specific facial characteristics, cluster together in single distinct groups of people. They do not. There are no clearly distinct "black", "white", or other races.http://anthro.palomar.edu/ethnicity/ethnic_1.htmThere you go, dipsh!t!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_grouphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HumanWhile I loathe to use wikipedia, to school you more. Until, there's a SUBSPECIES of
homo sapiens, excluding yourself, of course, there's no such thing as
race.
Yes, we are a species, but I was referring to the fact that most people are ignorant enough to use terms such as
"racist" and "racism", 'cos they've been educated to think that we are, in fact, a "race", especially since we've constantly, throughout history, been referred to as the "Human Race."
Now, I'll go and "correct" my previous post, but my statement is still
valid.
Thanks again for trolling..... :rolleyes:
