Yes.different races exist. No, they are not a social construct.

 

The Maronite Rite

The Maronite Liturgy is the original liturgy which was developed Antioch in Aramaic right after the time of the Apostles. This early liturgy was ascribed to St James the Less, the first Bishop of Jerusalem, and was enriched by the hymns and prayers of St Ephrem, James of Sarug and other Fathers of the Antiochean see. The Maronites share this same heritage with the Chaldeans, Syrian Catholics, the Malabarese and Malankarese of India.