Why is the concept of race so prevalent in modern society

Why is the concept of race so prevalent in modern society when anthropologists refute its use in virtually all instances? 2. Where race is used by anthropologists, what is the context? 3. What is the rationale for its use within those situations? 4. How is the concept of population similar to, or different than, race? 5. How does using the statistical concept of ‘population’ to group people instead of race change how you think about human variation – or does it change it at all? 6. Are we just substituting one word for another?

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