A world view of race

About this book

Our concept of race is a comparatively recent one. The term "race' is one employed, however, with a looseness and inaccuracy matched only by it frequency in our literature. Even the social scientists, the sociologists and anthropologists, have great difficulty in explaining what is meant by "race," and often disagree in their conclusions. The average man in the street, however, will demonstrate an ability to expound at length on the term at the slightest provocation. That is because race is so intimately related to the social and national doctrines with which the layman is familiar, superficially, and to which he gives unreasoning loyalty.