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===Sociological===
 
===Sociological===
 
Race is also viewed as a socio-political construct, used conveniently to justify certain political policies.   
 
Race is also viewed as a socio-political construct, used conveniently to justify certain political policies.   
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===Legal===
 
===Legal===
 
In constructing or deconstructing racial barriers, the law makes reference frequently to different kinds of "race."  '''Cultural''' race is race based on a unique culture.  Affirmative action post-''Grutter'' makes appeal to cultural race as a partial justification for affirmative action.  '''Historical''' race makes references to the shared experiences of a people that have enhanced or degraded their status as community members.  Creating an Israeli nation, for example, is a reference to the genocide & discrimination that Jews have endured as a historical race.
 
In constructing or deconstructing racial barriers, the law makes reference frequently to different kinds of "race."  '''Cultural''' race is race based on a unique culture.  Affirmative action post-''Grutter'' makes appeal to cultural race as a partial justification for affirmative action.  '''Historical''' race makes references to the shared experiences of a people that have enhanced or degraded their status as community members.  Creating an Israeli nation, for example, is a reference to the genocide & discrimination that Jews have endured as a historical race.
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