ABSTRACT
Race as a concept is often defined in relation to marginalized identities that are seen by members of dominant cultures as other. The project to define or describe race is notoriously complex and slippery. Older attempts to fix race often re-emerge or persist even where they seem to have disappeared or to have been superseded by newer understandings. Formulations of race are also complicated by the apparent symbiotic relation, which projects to identify race appear to have, with racism. Where race is, racism seems in one way or another never far behind. Perhaps this is because the definition of race often entails an identification of difference. The definition itself is an assertion of identity. In such transactions, an impartial conceptualization of race too often appears beyond human capacity.
