RACE: The Power of an Illusion

This video is a documentary from California Newsreel, it talks about an eye-opening three-part series confronting our myths and misconceptions about race through the distinct lenses of science, history and social institutions.

The division of the world's peoples into distinct groups - "red," "black," "white" or "yellow" peoples - has became so deeply imbedded in our psyches, so widely accepted, many would promptly dismiss as crazy any suggestion of its falsity. Yet, that's exactly what this provocative, new three-hour series by California Newsreel claims. Race - The Power of an Illusion questions the very idea of race as biology, suggesting that a belief in race is no more sound than believing that the sun revolves around the earth.

Yet race still matters. Just because race doesn't exist in biology doesn't mean it isn't very real, helping shape life chances and opportunities.

http://newsreel.org/video/RACE-THE-POWER-OF-AN-ILLUSION