[perihelion]

Yeah, well, I hardly think those animals are fair comparisons.  If a lion were to try to frolick with anything other than another lion, the poor creature would have a cracked spine in no time flat.  More over, at least the examples you suggest are not capable of interbreeding.  My black neighboor is not a different species than me.

But if you want examples of multiple species goofing around together, go to a farm.  I have been on farms where the cats, dogs, and cows all lounged around the same watering hole.  And it was an even bet whether the dog would be chasing the cat or vice versa.

I've also seen the feral dog packs in multiple cities with as many breeds of mutt as you can count trotting side by side blocking as much traffic as they can manage.  Everything from tiny yipper dogs to "you're sure that isn't a wolf?" and the differences don't seem to bug them at all.

[castor]

So I'd say stickng with your own kind is a natural instinct..and there's really nothing wrong with it.

Ok. But don't you think that for humans, "my kind" has more to do with things inside a persons head, rather than the racial features?
Of course, cultural differences can be a major issue with first generation immigrants, but for later descendants, I think,  the only thing that keeps them from becoming "your kind" is this idea of sticking with ones own kind.

[Ford Prefect]

Race is not the least bit analogous to subspecies. It is a discursively produced construct that doesn't even have a single unifying standard. And it is a political and cultural institution, so writing its effects off as "instinctual" doesn't even come close to adequately describing the issue. Furthermore, when you dismiss it as something beyond our control, you immediately rule out the possibility that racial hegemony is a historical force that merits more careful examination-- a very real possibility considering the amount of philosophical discourse focused on the subject of race.

[aldo_14]

I don't see various sub-types of wolves or lions or tiger or any other animal happily frolicking together.

So I'd say stickng with your own kind is a natural instinct..and there's really nothing wrong with it.

Some might consider it racist but I say bo**cks!

Well, I'd say it is rather racist if you're genuinely considering other races not to be part of homo sapiens, which is what this analogy would imply.  Although I quite often see dogs of different species playing together anyways (for example).