The concept that race is a social construct is what the intellectual types call risible. Fancy word for laughable. How does one socially construct the presence or absence of melanin? Or hair texture? Or body difference? You don’t socially construct the differences between the Khoisan people and the Bantus that drove them off their land. …
The concept that race is a social construct is what the intellectual types call risible. Fancy word for laughable. How does one socially construct the presence or absence of melanin? Or hair texture? Or body difference? You don’t socially construct the differences between the Khoisan people and the Bantus that drove them off their land. Yes, both might be considered “black”, but are only the same in the way a Sicilian is as white as a Swede. It means the American vocabulary for race is extremely simplistic, where “tan” is not allowed and Obama is as as black as anyone despite his white mother.
Social construction looks like just another way to try and push “racism” back to being of vital importance, since it became a tired all around excuse decades ago. The only real racism of note these days comes from “affirmative action” policies and race hucksters figuring it gets attention, even if it comes with a lot of eye rolling. It’s a helpful career move among the weak of mind and empty of spirit, look at the new White House Press Secretary. She may very well be smart, but her employer is clearly not.
The concept that race is a social construct is what the intellectual types call risible. Fancy word for laughable. How does one socially construct the presence or absence of melanin? Or hair texture? Or body difference? You don’t socially construct the differences between the Khoisan people and the Bantus that drove them off their land. Yes, both might be considered “black”, but are only the same in the way a Sicilian is as white as a Swede. It means the American vocabulary for race is extremely simplistic, where “tan” is not allowed and Obama is as as black as anyone despite his white mother.
Social construction looks like just another way to try and push “racism” back to being of vital importance, since it became a tired all around excuse decades ago. The only real racism of note these days comes from “affirmative action” policies and race hucksters figuring it gets attention, even if it comes with a lot of eye rolling. It’s a helpful career move among the weak of mind and empty of spirit, look at the new White House Press Secretary. She may very well be smart, but her employer is clearly not.