# Race is a myth?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-is-a-myth/197620>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 25, 2003, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-is-a-myth/197620 "2003-08-25T23:11:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![nicky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f0a364/32.png) [@nicky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicky)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/race-is-a-myth/197620/41 "2003-09-05T12:31:06Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MMI \*  
> \*\*My understanding (from the reading of copious topics on it right here on the SMDB) of “Race is a myth is:”
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> To the extent that race is a sociologically or demographically useful category/variable it has no genetic or biological basis.
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> To the extent that races (“populations”) exist in a biological or genetic sense they do not map into sociologically or demographically useful categories and are generally too small to be useful for sweeping generalizations. \*\*

What an excellent post.

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