Start talking about "race" and immediately our boldly proud ignorance on the topic surfaces. Everyone knows exactly what they mean, but they have, in 99% of the cases, never questioned the construct. And if you just said, "what does he mean by "construct," then you just proved my point. "Race" is that term that is often-used but never defined. Therefore in most discussions, it means whatever I think it means and the other party in the discussion feels exactly the same way. No