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In the introduction of this article, the authors provide their definition of race and claim that other definitions explaining it as an essence or an illusion are not adequate. Race, according to the authors, should be an element of social structure. They establish the perspective and theory of racial formation as an approach to understanding race. Their argument and evidence presented provides a valid explanation of race and racism that is more applicable today than those explanations provided in the past. I also agree with the authors’ contention that race is created by a process of social and historical ...