race
nonscientific human classification system primarily based on physical appearance
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Summary
race is a classification scheme[1]. race ranks in the top 2% of classification scheme entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,127 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: identity[3], superseded scientific theory[4], social construct[5], ethnic group[6]
- Subclass of: classification[7]
- Commons category: Race[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Race (human categorization)[9]
- Facet of: social reality[10], racism[11]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Der Volks-Brockhaus[17], The New Student's Reference Work[18], Red Blue Translator[19]
- Topic has template: Template:Race[20]
- Used by: racism[21]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C17049[22]
- Different from: race[23], ethnicity[24]
- Studied by: raciology[25], sociology of race and ethnic relations[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Sociology[28], WikiProject Anthropology[29], WikiProject Ethnic groups[30], WikiProject Politics[31], WikiProject Philosophy[32], WikiProject Culture[33]
- WordLift URL: http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/race[34]
- Items classified: human[35]
Why It Matters
race has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] race is known by 67 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]