Why+is+race+important

Why is race important today? I want to know what different groups, in the United States, use it for.

There are so many different things that race is used for today. It is used to find missing people, help doctors, find criminals, college applications ask for it, and the government in the United States does a [|census survey] every ten years in part to determine the racial make-up of the country. It can be a very useful thing. When somebody is looking for a missing person, information on the person is sent out so that they can be found. They tell you the person's height, weight, religion, nationality, skin color, principal language, facial features, piercings, hair color, eye color, and place of birth. If you had to picture this person in your mind, could you get a general idea of what they looked like? Now if you take out anything pertaining to race can you still picture this person? This is one way that race is important today. Without it, we would have a hard time finding missing persons. Below is a flyer of a missing person- Now imagine driving in your car with the radio on. A message comes on to describe a dangerous person in the area. They describe the same thing that is used for missing person information. Can you picture this person? If you took race out of the mix, could you still picture them? It is all a part of a way to classify people to an exact. If there is somebody running around with a gun shooting random people in your area, you're going to want to know what they look like so that if they show up near you, you know to avoid them and call the police. It is the same case for many different things. When applying to a college, they want to know your race so that they can ensure diversity at their school. So sometimes, it may be easier for you to get into a school because of your race. And sometimes you can get a [|scholarship because of your race] because the schools want to make sure they have diversity. It also can help doctors when you are sick. If you are sick and they can't figure it out then there are certain diseases and sicknesses that are related to blood. Like [|anemia sickle cells] that is common for African people. In addition, other statistics are separated by race in a certain area. The life expectancy might defer and certain health issues are supposedly related to race. AnnBibLanze 