Race related issues are not a new concept. Man certainly didn't need to develop theories or philosophies to know that some people looked different, and those differences were passed on almost unfailingly to children. Most recent discourse on race, though, has been on how we should deal with the idea of race and what role race should play in our society. (Is one race superior? How should be deal with inequalities among races?) There is a strong, but growing faction of theorists, though, who contend that race doesn't actually exist. Previous thoughts on the biological basis of race are quickly eroding under the scrutiny of modern science, and the idea of race as only a cultural or historical distinction has a plethora of objections and counter-examples.…
