"Everyone in this country is assigned into one of these assembled categories. Programs, policies, and benefits are planned and administered on the basis of them. Self-identities are formed, in part, around them. Cultural discussions occur, many times first and foremost, by sorting people into one of them. We make assumptions about people, about each other, because of them.
And it’s made up – it’s all pretend." excerpt from
The Absurdity of Race,
R. Anthony Arnold