The Race of Frankenstein's Monster

Between the three aspects of race, class, and gender, I believe that race is the most obvious to discuss in terms of monsters. Monsters themselves could almost be classified as their own race, at least in terms of the traditional perception of what a “monster” is. I feel that this traditional perception involves non-human like qualities, and this idea is encouraged through modern media and modern adaptations of monsters such as Frankenstein and Dracula. Even witches, as human as they are or historically have been, are portrayed today as either too-elderly-to-be-human or too-perfect-to-be-human. Frankenstein’s monster is a particularly interesting character to analyze in terms of race as he is a hodge podge of different people, and must therefore come from multiple heritages (yes, most of his parts probably came from the same area of land, but even within one area there are multiple ethnicities and heritages). How do you discuss the race of a being that has no one identifiable race? Do you choose the race that is most prominent, as we do today for ourselves? In addition, I believe that, sadly, a great deal of people associate race with their physical features and characteristics (this is sad because there is so much more to race than just physical appearance). A monster such as Frankenstein’s, with “yellowish, translucent skin, watery, glowing eyes, and black lips,” surely can’t be from any one race. Does he, therefore, even have a race or is he “raceless?” In addition to this, “race” is a classification for a group of people that share a heritage or background. With Frankenstein’s monster being the only one of his kind, how is he to be classified? Would his classification have been different if Frankenstein had not destroyed his partner? With all these questions about the race of Frankenstein’s monster, it is clear that he represents aspects of race.