Abstract: Race interacts with health just as it does with other life‐determining, sociodemographic factors like class, gender, and age. Race is best understood as a shared set of cultural and social experiences common to people of the same skin color. Research has shown that the notion of distinct biological races is misleading because often more genetic variation exists within a defined “race” than between them. Therefore, we all belong to the human race and thus race is a social construction rather than a “true” biological distinction. Even though race is socially constructed (American Sociological Association 2002), the manner in which it influences social relationships suggests that race is a valid construct with “real” repercussions.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-02-15
Language: en
Type: other
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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