When people define and talk about a particular conception of race, they create a social reality through which social categorization is achieved. In this sense, races are said to be social constructs. These constructs develop within various legal, economic, and sociopolitical contexts, and may be the effect, rather than the cause, of major social situations. While race is understood to be a social construct by many, most scholars agree that race has real material effects in the lives of people through institutionalized practices of preference and discrimination. COUNT 5
QSN1 How do people create a social reality in which social categorization is achieved? ANS1 define and talk about a particular conception of race QSN2 What can be said to be a social construct? ANS2 races QSN3 What contexts do racial social constructs develop within? ANS3 legal, economic, and sociopolitical QSN4 Constructs may be the result rather than the inciter of what? ANS4 major social situations QSN5 What effect does race have in the lives of people? ANS5 real material