race; ethnicity
Refers to a group of people sharing physical or genetic traits; used in both everyday and formal contexts.
Racial discrimination is unacceptable.
He grew up in a city called a melting pot of races.
type of person; breed
Colloquial; often used to categorize people by character, profession, or behavior, e.g., 政治家人種 (the political type).
He's a night-owl type and not good in the morning.
It's better not to get involved with that kind of person.
We became friends beyond our racial differences.
You can't trust that breed of person called politicians.
same race; racial identity