I'm 100% Egyptian but my skin is white and I have red hair. What would I be?

The definition of "Race" has so many different forms that it is actually quite vague and just about any of the first four choices shown would apply. A few other people have been kind enough to display the Merriam Websters definition in their comments if you would like to see for yourself.

[quote]The definition of "Race" has so many different forms that it is actually quite vague and just about any of the first four choices shown would apply. A few other people have been kind enough to display the Merriam Websters definition in their comments if you would like to see for yourself.[/quote][quote][quote] race2 rās/ noun noun: race; plural noun: races each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics. [/quote][/quote]You're wrong.

Check Merriam Webster definitions. I posted it on the main post for all to see. It shows multiple definitions and some vague ones at that.

[quote]Check Merriam Webster definitions. I posted it on the main post for all to see. It shows multiple definitions and some vague ones at that.[/quote]How about no. How about Oxford, a real dictionary: [quote]race 2 Pronunciation: /reɪs/ NOUN 1Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics: [/quote]

[quote][quote]Check Merriam Webster definitions. I posted it on the main post for all to see. It shows multiple definitions and some vague ones at that.[/quote]How about no. How about Oxford, a real dictionary: [quote]race 2 Pronunciation: /reɪs/ NOUN1 Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics:[/quote][/quote] Using your own trusted Oxford Dictionary, we have the following definitions: [quote]Race: Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics: people of all races, colors, and creeds 1.1 A group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.; an ethnic group: "we Scots were a bloodthirsty race then" 1.2 The fact or condition of belonging to a racial division or group; the qualities or characteristics associated with this: "people of mixed race" 1.3A group or set of people or things with a common feature or features: "some male firefighters still regarded women as a race apart" 1.4 Biology A population within a species that is distinct in some way, especially a subspecies: "people have killed so many tigers that two races are probably extinct" 1.5(In nontechnical use) each of the major divisions of living creatures: "a member of the human race," "the race of birds" 1.6 literary A group of people descended from a common ancestor: "a prince of the race of Solomon" 1.7 archaic Ancestry: "two coursers of ethereal race" Although ideas of race are centuries old, it was not until the 19th century that attempts to systematize racial divisions were made. Ideas of supposed racial superiority and social Darwinism reached their culmination in [url=http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law]-godwinslaw!-[/url] ideology of the 1930s and gave pseudoscientific justification to policies and attitudes of discrimination, exploitation, slavery, and extermination. Theories of race asserting a link between racial type and intelligence are now discredited. Scientifically it is accepted as obvious that there are subdivisions of the human species, but it is also clear that genetic variation between individuals of the same race can be as great as that between members of different races [/quote] Tell me again, how am I wrong with SO many different definitions?

Notice how my definition doesn't have a number next to it. Those all fall under the one definition, because there can't [i]not[/i] be a definition.

I didn't say there wasn't a definition. I said there are many definitions. Plus, just because you left out all the other definitions, doesn't mean that is the only definition. It simply means that is the only one you choose to accept. That is fine if you want to consider that your personal definition of the term, but not every culture (and country) considers "race" to have the same meaning when in regards to the human species. It is because of that difference in definition usage that I made this poll. P.S. I like simply giving all the info and letting the people decide for themselves rather than give select info to imply the result would better my argument. Maybe that is just me.