Everything you said is factually correct.  Race is a social construct with just as much meaning as society chooses to give it, which ideally should be none, because it&#x27;s inherently nonsensical.<p>The problem is, society chooses to give it a significant amount of meaning.<p>&gt; People of mixed race, for example, half &quot;black&quot;, half &quot;white&quot;, will often choose to be &quot;black&quot;, and identify as such, when in fact, their race is a mix, yet they see themselves as &quot;black&quot;.<p>Yes, but they&#x27;re generally treated by society as &quot;black&quot;.  And since race is construct rather than a scientific or genetic reality, that&#x27;s all that really matters.<p>Racial categories ought not to matter, but the cold truth is they do.