“How Many Races Are There and Which Do You Belong To?”

Issues pertaining to race are often raised in public discourse, with race used by some to perpetuate divisions within society. Throughout history, racial animus has been the driving force behind campaigns to disparage and harm groups of people denigrated as inferior. It is a toxic phenomenon incited by hate speech and based on the bisection of society into two groups: us versus them. Kasia Gandor exposes racialism’s lack of scientific basis.