Race is a social construct that influences all aspects of the American worldview and life. The idea of ​​race was constructed in America to justify the enslavement of Africans, the stealing and killing of Native Americans, and prejudice against immigrants. Boas took a position on this topic that was not in line with traditional perceptions on the topic. Another different point of view was Du Bois who had some similarities of views and differences from Boas. Although their legacy demonstrates that race is not a biological reality, the power and impact of race can still be felt today, even though it is viewed as a social construct by anthropologists. Racial categories in America were developed to be used as a sorting device. . The first were the settler societies of the 17th and 18th centuries, which gave the breed a place in the history of the United States. The origins of the concept of race lie in religious discourses that suggested the existence of a difference between the races. These ideas were used to create the concept of white and white superiority in order to justify slavery and justify the brutal treatment of Native Americans. Jefferson in Notes on the State of Virginia reflects on the idea that black slaves are mentally and physically inferior to whites. He also talks about how Native Americans are like Europeans, they just need to be civilized (The Stories We Tell). The concept was used to distinguish those who constituted "civilized society" from those who did not, potentially being subhuman beings. These distinctions lead to the social acceptance that blacks could be enslaved for life and that Native Americans could be mistreated, killed, robbed, and the like because they were inferior to the white race. Arranging this way leads to easy explanations for the atrocities t...... middle of the paper ...... Souza that their influence actually perpetuated racism (Liss, Diasporic Identities, p. 127-128). With which I disagree, I think the work of Boas and Du Bois helped advance anthropology in its thinking about race. Anthropology views race as a social construct, rather than a biological fact. But the color problem wasn't just the problem of the 20th century, it was also the problem of the 21st century. Even with outward signs of progress like a black president, the concept that racial issues no longer exist, and so, we still talk in terms of race. Not just talk, the fact that in 1991 African American males had a 29% chance of being incarcerated, Latino men had about a 16% chance, while white males had less than a 4% chance (Roediger, How Race Survived US History, p. Race is still an issue that needs serious attention.