If Race Is Imaginary and Socially Constructed, why then Does It Have Such a Profound Impact on the Structure of Society and the Automatic Ways People Feel Towards Each Other?

There he is. You come across him every day on your way to work. Your mouth sets into a grimace every time he sets those beady little eyes on you. Those eyes are just so unpleasant. The curve of his face is jarring. And his pigeon-toed traipse! You can't quite put your finger on it, but there's something, just something wrong with him. Something inside of your brain is telling you not to befriend or even trust this man. As irrational as this may seem, it is ingrained in you from an early age to make assumptions based on appearances. …