Power of Illusion

What is Race? There is not a specific answer for it, but its most common definition is that race is a system of classification that humans created hundreds of years ago to divide people into groups based on their culture, beliefs, religion, linguistic and many other factors.
Racial groups cant be defined by biology, so this leads to the question: is race a real thing or just an idea that people created in their minds?
Every human being has their specific traits. Based on the documentary "Power of Illusion" we saw the different sides of opinion people have about "race". 
Many people think genes are what define race but this documentary said that genes can not define race, there are no characteristics that demonstrate that there are specific genes for every race. 
People created this separation of people to take advantage and have individual benefits, because there are advantages of being white. I really like a quote from the documentary that was "Under the skin we are the same but we are fooled by what we see."

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• Pounder, C C. H, Larry Adelman, Jean Cheng, Christine Herbes-Sommers, Tracy H. Strain, Llewellyn Smith, and Claudio Ragazzi. Race: The Power of an Illusion. San Francisco, Calif: California Newsreel, 2003.