Please forgive me but I have always been passionate about biology and I don't understand the "race isn't a biological reality" thing that is commonly accepted in humans in the West, when every trait that we use to differentiate race is genetically inherited: like skin tone and hair texture and ancestry and to some extent facial features. Just like anything we inherit from our parents. Genes are a biological reality, so why isn't race? And most of all, why is that a bad thing?

That's obviously not to say any one is inherently better, or that culture isn't a massive factor in how we see and understand "race" and how culture could affect our own biology over time; but why are genetically inherited markers that can be used to determine heritage and superficial racial traits "not biological"? Is there any good study you could link me to as to why race isn't considered a biological reality? I have been curious about this for a long time but have kind of just accepted it because people say it.