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The very existence of race is the BIG LIE that must be overcome. Excerpt from a must read article:

For centuries, it was assumed that the idea of race was founded on biological differences. But that idea is as wrong as continuing to believe that the earth is flat or the sun revolves around the earth. Disentangling the idea of race from the tangible reality of biological variation allows us to see how this idea of race fuels racism. And it allows us to see that institutions and everyday racism, not minuscule biological differences among races, explains the glaring inequalities in infant mortality, life expectancy, and other critical aspects of life. Understanding what is and is not race can eliminate racial smog at the source.

It may surprise most readers to hear that, like the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, scientists and anthropologists have for decades had a clear consensus about what race is and what it’s not. Although the idea that biological races exist among humans has been completely dispelled, this advancement in understanding and its implications have somehow failed to influence the way most individuals think of race. Among other causes, this lack of public understanding can be linked to the vested interests of a society that is structured on racism, the inability of some scientists to craft a clear and appealing antiracism narrative, the conservative nature of science, the inability of scientists to let go of the dominant paradigm of human races, and the failure of society to support broad scientific literacy.

https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/racism-not-race-excerpt/