toxic: I didn't read your whole post as far as defining race and all of that, so forgive me if I appear ignorant from that standpoint (I have a short attention span). Race, to my understanding as a sociologist, is based exactly on the colour of someone's skin as well as certain physical traits, and is not interchangeable with other defining characteristics. When speaking of cultural or other shared non-superficial characteristics, the term used is generally ethnicity.
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