re: The official University of California list of “microaggressions”

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“There is only one race, the human race.”

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“I don’t believe in race.”

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Here's an excerpt from one of my nursing books on cultural sensitivity

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Race, in humans, is not a physical characteristic but a socially constructed concept that has meaning to a larger group. The concept of race "originates from societal desire to separate people based on their looks and culture...[it is] a vague, unscientific term referring to a group of genetically related individuals who share certain physical characteristics" (Bigby, 2003). However, the genetic distinctiveness may not exist. Bigby argues that race "is reflected in American society in a way that ethnicity, culture, and class are not" (p. 2) because access to resources is often based on what are called race categories that are applied in the United States to reflect minority and skin color as opposed to genetic categories. In this case, race is more a category constructed by society with its own meaning within that society.

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So which is it? How did it change so much from '03 to now?