Race is a political construct that forces black collective action.

Evidence

Color, for him, “is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality.” The political reality was and remains that as long as white people valued themselves more than others because they were white and refused to examine their habits and assumptions, others would have to come together, build institutions, and act politically on the basis of color. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 393

Categorization

• DEFINE: Glaude defines race as a political rather than human or personal reality — the premise underneath the whole value-gap argument.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s standing interest in racial habits as distinct from mere prejudice, since Glaude ties white self-valuation specifically to unexamined habits.