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Race, Comparative Perspectives

In: Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society
Edited by: Richard T. Schaefer
Subject:Race & Ethnicity
Keywords:race relations

The idea that human societies can be divided into distinct and genetically different racial groups has a long pedigree. Although this assumption has been discredited by scientific evidence for many decades, the concept of race lives on in much of the ...

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  Schaefer, R. T. (2008). Race, comparative perspectives. In Encyclopedia of race, ethnicity, and society (Vol. 1, pp. 1094-1095). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n447
  
  Schaefer, Richard T. "Race, Comparative Perspectives." In Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, edited by Schaefer, Richard T., 1094-95. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n447.
  
  Schaefer, R. T. 2008. Race, Comparative Perspectives. In: Richard T. Schaefer Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1094-1095 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n447> [Accessed 28 Jul 2021].
  
  Schaefer, Richard T. "Race, Comparative Perspectives." Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1094-95. SAGE Knowledge. 28 Jul 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963879.n447.
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