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What Makes Race Or Ethnicity A Major Factor In Politics? There are few social issues so incendiary, so divisive, and so uniquely difficult to resolve as those involving race. Race is generally defined as a human population distinguished as a more or less distinct group by genetically transmitted physical characteristics. However, theories of race are unfounded. There is no genetic evidence that races exist. Social differences between so-called races are often differences in class, religion and culture, which are termed racial characteristics because they generally coincide with a group, but often this coincidence can be explained through many other factors. Race is also often confused with ethnicity, which is the sentiment of loyalty towards a distinctive population, cultural group or territorial area. The term is complex and easily misunderstood because it has both cultural and 'racial' overtones. The members of ethnic groups are often seen, correctly or incorrectly, as having...

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