Wow it ' s almost like evolution is real <| sep |> So the idea behind race is that there are genetic or some parallel concept since the first racists didn ' t have genetics basis for differences between races . Pseudosciences like phrenology were based on this . None of this was scientific , it was just untrue . Stalin defined nation A nation is an historically evolved , stable community of language , territory , economic life , and psychological makeup manifested in a community of culture . So those are the material bases for it . Nations are a product of humyn society , but they evolved from those material bases , not ideas in peoples ' heads . Not sure if that ' s explaining it well . But in practice the difference is clear . By talking about nation you are having a whole different conversation . Suddenly you ' re talking about selfdetermination and colonialism and all these associated things that Liberals don ' t want to talk about . So race becomes a good way to distract from that . Liberals talk about antiracism as a form of racism so that we ' re still talking about race as if it ' s a thing and as if there are not oppressed nations in countries like the U . $.