What is Race?
'''Race''' has many meanings in [[English language|English]]. It can mean: *To go very fast – ''he raced to the store'' *A competition between people - ''the race for the US presidency'' *[[Racing]], a competition about speed – ''the [[Tour de France]] is an important [[bicycle]] race'' *[[Race (biology)]], a group smaller than a [[species]]. Members of different races can have sex and make babies, but they are separate (usually because they live in different places) - ''a large race of birds lives on this island'' *[[Race (sociology)]], [[wikt:subdivision|subdivision]] of the human species based on [[wikt:distinguishing|distinguishing]] physical characteristics that are passed on to [[wikt:succeeding|succeeding]] [[wikt:generations|generations]]. *[[Race (anthropology)]] groups humans are often divided into based on physical traits often common among shared ancestry. *The ''human race'' means all people - ''the human race is destroying the [[environment]]'' {{disambiguation}}