The Concept of Race and Biological Differences: A Comprehensive Report

This report examines the concept of race and its relationship to biological differences. It highlights the scientific perspective, which suggests that the genetic variation within a race is significantly higher than the variation between different races. The report references the American Anthropological Association's statement on race and discusses the historical context of the term 'race,' including its use by European colonizers to justify their dominance. It also touches on the genetic variations within human populations, noting that variations within African populations are greater than those found in European and Asian populations. The report aims to provide a nuanced understanding of race, challenging the traditional perceptions and emphasizing the scientific understanding of human variation.

Biological difference and the scientific validity of concept of race
The concept of race is rooted in the minds of general public and scholar to an extent that they
leave no stone unturned prove their perception. Most are of the view that the people from the
different race possibly has different biological construct and they are different (“AAA
Statement on Race”, 2017).
However, the same opinion cannot is not represented by the scientific community.
Researchers have found that the variation among the individual within a particular race is up
to 94% considering various parameters, whereas difference between two groups (race) is
mere 6%. It has been argued that the concept of race has no major relationship with the
biological aspects. The term ‘race’ was coined by few of the Europe’s key ruling parties to
colonize the America .
In the historical context, the meaning of ‘race’ has been imposed on the perception of the
public and there not major variations except as per the appearance are concerned. The
concept of race was modelled to classify the people from colonial rules as some sort of
superior beings and the rest of the masses such as Africans, Indians, and others as the inferior
beings.
When the United States was being developed, the leaders from the Europe intentionally
associated superior traits of the term ‘race’ to the individuals from Europe and inferior traits
to the black people and the Indians.
One of the interesting finding has been that the genetic variations of the people Europe and
Asia is the subset of variation in the African population. The study states that the people have
spent time in Africa more than any other places on this planet (“Race and Human Variation”,
2017).

References
Race and Human Variation. (2017). Understandingrace.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017, from
http://www.understandingrace.org/humvar/race_humvar.html
AAA Statement on Race. (2017). Americananthro.org. Retrieved 29 May 2017, from
http://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2583