The idea that "science tells us race as defined in western countries is not backed by actual biological differences" is a hotly debated subject. See: https://ww

The idea that "science tells us race as defined in western countries is not backed by actual biological differences" is a hotly debated subject. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-r... One quote from that: > We are learning that while race may be a social construct, differences in genetic ancestry that happen to correlate to many of today’s racial constructs are real. My summary would be that race is a heuristic. It's not perfect but it's a broadly accurate and often useful category. For example, whether someone has dark skin says quite a bit about their propensity for skin cancer. Whether someone is Jewish says a lot about their propensity for certain rare genetic diseases.