Summary Paper Culture, Not Race, Explains Human Diversity "We... have to stop teaching or accepting the idea that humans are divided into three races - Caucasian, Negroid, and Mongoloid - an idea that is at least 50 years out of date." Culture, Not Race, Explains Human Diversity, Mark Nathan Cohen, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 17, 1998, pp.B4-B5. The term race refers to a biological subdivision of a species. At one time, scientists held that there …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…tests as a measure of intelligence. Cohen reinforces the idea that culture was a defining feature of humans, which is an important facet to understanding the development of man. He hopes that by educating the public about cultural differences and the non-existence of races, we will be able to quell racial discrimination, and become more tolerant of other cultures. It is ironic that it is culture itself that he must fight to achieve his goal.