the different between you and me: race is not biological.

race is an illusion. the video "Race: The Power of Illusion". there are people who tried to prove that race is based on a biological level. saying that the difference between a white person and a black person is based in their DNA. but in the video we see, that this is completely false.there can be more of a DNA difference between two white men, then between a white man and a black man. one thing i really liked in this video is when they talked about how its a continuous change and how if you look at the difference between "Norway and in the Tropics" of course you'll see the black and the white skin, but if you walk the distance between the two areas you wouldn't be able to say "this is the place in which we got from the dark race to the light race." meaning to say that we can't really separate ourselves based on race, into these 4 or 5 distinct groups. but its this preconceived  idea that we grow up with that "this person belongs in this race'. And what's sad is that we still attach these meanings to different races. the article "The Hispanic Dropout Mystery" talks about how the majority of drop outs are mostly hispanics, and it has a lot to do with peer pressure because "they make you feel like a dumb mexican" the woman at the end of the video says that we can un-make race. but is that really possible? race is something that is (in a way) etched into our skin, into our way of thinking. its taught to us subconsciously. it seems highly unlikely that the idea of race will be going anywhere anytime soon.