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Graves Jr, Joseph. " RACE- The Power of an Illusion." Background Readings. 2003. California Newsreel, Web. 25 Oct 2009. <[]>.

The source is a interview with [|Joseph Graves, Jr]. Dr. Graves is an author, biologist, and professor. He has studied the history and science of race and racism as it relates to western society. He has stated that he believes the concept of race is not biological, people base it solely off of social construct. The site is basically talking about several aspects of race like genetics, classification, and how race is perceived. It is useful because it not only has personal examples from Graves' life, but it also has facts about races and the history of race. Obviously there is a huge bias since it is from a stand point of just one person and the way he feels. The bias Graves' has is that he believes that race is based on what part of society you are and not your biological background. The facts and opinions he talks about will just be from his standpoint so that is the bias.

Smith, Mark. "'race', difference and lifelong learning ." //the informal education homepage//. 07 Sep 2009. Web. 30 Oct 2009. [].

The writer is [|Mark K. Smith]. He specializes in education and learning. He is an author, professor, and researcher. The article is about how people are supposed to be categorized in a racial category, but how social groups play a big part in what race someone is. It talks about how racial categorization is mainly based on physical attributes like skin color. This source is useful because it has different components; it includes race, but it also talks about ethnicity, culture, and basically people's identities. There is a bias since Mark K. Smith has his own opinions about race and how its actually based upon social structure.