Throughout our lives, we are faced with this idea of ​​"race." We want to deny it, but each of us is racist in one way or another. We don't mean to be, but it's just something that was passed down from generation to generation and eventually became a kind of culture. If we're honest, do any of us really know what "race" is? In this article I will argue that the completely confusing meaning we have found for the word “race” is entirely made up. We have gotten so far away from the reality of what race really is, and now we simply use it as a defining characteristic of a person. Society has given the word this negative connotation, when in reality we don't even know what we're talking about. How can we be racist towards a specific group when biologically there is no difference between us? The only thing that separates us, are our physical attributes to the naked eye, and to a blind person, which mean absolutely nothing. So what exactly is race? Most would say it's all about biology and our chemical makeup when in reality it's not about that at all. There is not a single biological element specific to any of the so-called racial groups we have created over the years. People we would classify as “black,” for example, have some of the most genetic variations of anyone in the world. The color of their skin is simply an adaptation to the climate and is entirely tied to how they lived relative to the equator. Despite our many superficial differences, we are one species. We are not like animals; subspecies are not a thing. All together we form the human "race", that is, homo sapiens. In fact, humans are the most homologous of all species in the world. Today's idea of ​​race is actually quite recent... half of paper films... and read about in books. Even as we try to eliminate stereotypes, social media always seems to contribute to this worldwide problem. And while race is not biological, it is still a very real and powerful social idea. Our society has unfairly built these levers solely for being white. So all in all, how we define race today is really just a social construction. None of this is fact, it's just something we've gradually invented over the years to set ourselves apart from others. It's this sense of pride and power we feel from being classified as "Caucasian," when in reality two "Caucasians" are as likely to be as genetically different as, say, a Cherokee and an Italian. Who would have thought, right? Since our outward appearance makes us so different, and gives us this superiority over anyone who is even remotely at odds with us. Not.