Maybe we're finally getting away from the idea of different races, but in no great hurry.
Remember, people once referred to "the Jewish race," among other things. Science has established that there's ONE race--human--but the old ways die hard.
Historian Jacqueline Jones tracks six stories of "black" Americans through history in her book A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race from the Colonial Era to Obama’s America.
