Toni Morrison talks about race and racism on The Colbert Report 2014-11-19

“You have to know something about racism … There is no such thing as race. None. There’s just the human race. Scientifically, anthropologically, race is a construct, a social construct; and it has benefits. Money can be made off of it. People who don’t like themselves can feel better because of it. It can describe certain kinds of behavior that are wrong or misleading. So it has a social function, racism. But race can only be defined as a human being.” — Toni Morrison, Interview on The Colbert Report, 2014-11-19.