A '''race''' also refers to a competition of speed.
A '''race''' also refers to a competition of speed.
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The belief that one race is inherently better or worse than others is known as [[racism]].
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Human geographers today prefer to discuss people in terms of ethnicities rather than races; the principle difference between one's [[ethnicity]] and one's race is that race is superficial while ethnicity carries with it a whole host of cultural traditions. For example, the Anglo-Saxons of the [[Britain|British]] isles have cultural traditions that are distinct from the ethnic inhabitants of [[Germany]]'s [[Rhineland]], though both ethnic groups would be considered racially caucasian.