The theory that races are an ideological construction is wishful thinking and the claim itself is an idelogical construction created in the same camp that that wants to convince everybody that gender and sexuality are social constructions. I think that, as in most things, you can't make black & white statements about human sexuality. The truth is somewhat grey - sexuality/gender is a continuum. Surely you've noticed that some of your friends are more 'male' or 'female' in outlook than others?       The differences between races are more then skin deep. I recommend the book Race- The reality of human diffferences by V. Sarich, professor of anthropology at Berkeley university and F. Miele. IQ differences, predisopsition to different diseases, medicine that targets specific races, different muscle composition and so on are things that cannot be ignored by wishful ideological thinking.   Sorry, from the evidence I've read I see no reason to change my mind. I don't think that race is a meaningful way of dividing humanity. Culture might be, but we are able to participatein other cultures to a greater or lesser extent.    Also, my view derives from personal experience in many countries over decades, with colleagues, friends and lovers of different races. I have seen nota jot of evidence that race is a meaningful or useful way of categorising people.       So what you may say we are still all human beings and race should'nt matter. Well, it depends on what you value. I value the collective achivements in culture, art, science of the different white peoples and would like to see those cultures continue to evolve and produce even greater things. I love the fact that white people are so diverse in their apperence, blond, brown, red and black hair, all the different eyecolors are beutiful. This will dissepear if the white peoples are mixed up by people of different races and cultures wich is unfortunately happening as we speak.   No, I don't say that race shouldn't matter, I say it doesn't matter because it isn't meaingful or useful.    I too value the valuable and enjoy the enjoyable in cultures. But why limit yourself to one culture?       Sure I can enjoy different cultures achivements and enjoy visiting different countries. Thats how it should be, when you visit China you can enjoy Chinese culture, when you visit an African country you can enjoy that countrys culture. And thats just what we ask that when you go come to one one of our countries as a guest you will se our culture and our people, not Chinese or Arabian. This is how you preserve the diversity in the world, you don't preserve it by letting the white peoples countries face mass immigration and the destruction of their nations and cultures.   The assumption that the mere proximity of other cultures will destroy your own is a bit of an insult to your culture, don't you think? Also, see another recent reply of mine (I can't predict the order in which the mods will post them) about Kazuo Ishiguro. Putting cultures in proximity can result in great things.