1 It is not, and never has been, true that the Hyaenidae is a family distinguished by scavenging. 2  Of the four species alive today-the Aardwolf and the Spotted, Striped and Brown Hyaenas-only the latter two are full-time scavengers.
Social Construction of Whiteness. Race is not based on genetics. Race as a social construction. Biologization of culture replaced genetic arguments, but is equally flawed. Differences between different races defended as genetic, now debunked. Changing constructions throughout U.S. history. Whiteness is a social construction. The result of an infinite number of daily interactions between people in a society. History of de jure and de facto racial privilege and oppression in U.S. Unearned, systematic privileges accrued as a result of being white.
Sociologists generally accept that reality is different for each individual. The term social construction of reality refers to the theory that the way we present ourselves to other people is shaped partly by our interactions with others, as well as by our life experiences. How we were raised and what we were raised to believe affect how we present ourselves, how we perceive others, and how others perceive us.