"Race"

Race, contrary to what some of us believe, does not actually exist. When we divide ourselves by race, we are actually dividing ourselves by phenotypic characteristics of skin colour. Skin colour is hardly different from eye colour, hair colour, ear lobe attachments, and so on. Why then, do we continue to refer to these phenotypic characteristics as classification of race. I am of the opinion that the very fact that we use the word race lends itself to discrimination and classification based on skin colour. If we continue to use the word race, we continue to reinforce that idea that 'race' in the form of skin colour is actually something that divides humans. Regardless of which side you take on the issue of "racial profiling" you acknowledge that there is a distinguished 'race' of people who are different from others in a drastic way. Colleges, ours included, often have groups dedicated to minorities, which, again, only reinforce the notion that people with darker skin colour are different and separate from those with lighter skin. Using words like 'race' and setting up establishments and groups to distinguish one group from another reinforces discrimination based on skin colour. As such, I think we should refrain from using 'race' and should replace it with 'discrimination based on skin colour.' We should recognize that the idea is hardly different from discrimination based on eye colour.