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Either everyone runs to the finish, or society decides who started behind it.
means Either a contest of speed and endurance, or the social grouping of people by ancestry and physical traits.
from The contest sense came from Old Norse ras, a running or rush of water; the ethnic sense arrived later via French and Italian razza, of murky pedigree.
Biology disagreesGenetically, human races have no clear boundaries.
Two unrelated wordsThe racetrack and the racial sense share no root.
Tortoise tacticsAesop proved slow beats fast since antiquity.