History of Race

Last week in class we've had a interesting discussion on RACE. We touched upon many bases such as colorblindness, social aspects of whites when they are alone together, and the separation of hierarchies. Someone stated that we shouldn't turn this class into a history class. But I certainty disagree with that because if you want to discuss race we must look at history. We must find where the word originates from. For instance a place of origin, time period, and who it applies towards.