Social Construction of Race

Growing up in a country withstanding its reputation as a melting-pot of cultures, America is much more race conscious than the majority of countries around the world. Sociologists have uncovered race to be constructed through different bias societies, as race is not biological. Each culture has constructed its own view of race and different ways to identify one's cultural make-up. For instance, some Latin-American countries attain over one hundred racial terms to describe not only their skin color, but their diverse ethnicity. Most Americans would classify themselves strictly based upon skin color, rather than identify themselves as a hybrid of their ethnicity. This is especially ironic for Americans, as they preach cultural diversity but tend to differentiate individuals based upon skin color.

I believe there should not be a social stigma for identifying race; for it may  be differently identified in different parts of the world. We are becoming more racially integrated as globalization is increasing, and we must leave our prejudices in the past and embrace the growing cultural diversity.