Race Theory And The Statistical Discrimination Theory

The concept of race in modern world that is generally accepted by the public is different groups of people that share the same genetic divergences that are observable (Phenotype) (wiki). The most prominent example is the classification system use by the U.S Government: White (Caucasoid); Black (Congoid); Asian (Mongoloid); Native and Hispanic. This system adheres the modern race concept as all of the classifications are based on phenotypes of different people. Some older concepts of race are based on differences in ethnicity or origin. This kind of concepts were used in WWII as Germany classified its people into Aryan (pure German) and Jewish. Although viewed differently, most of the time the sole purpose of race classification is for the majority to enforced discriminations on the minority (Racism). There are many theories that explained why race and racism exist in the U.S but the three theories that provide the best explanation are: the Postcolonial theory, the Critical Race theor y and the statistical discrimination theory. The Postcolonial theory is based on the fact that the U.S was a colony of British Empire therefore it inherited the traces of the British. At that time, British was the biggest empire in the world with colonies all over the world. It was called the empire where â€Å"the sun never set†. It found most of it revenue in exporting rare materials from it colonies to Europe. 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