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The author's most important point was that the same folks in Academia who point out that race is a 'social construct' use race as a basis for many programs which can have huge impacts on millions of lives.
Another complication for dealing with race in America: studies show that most African-Americans are, technically, mixed-race. For exam…
The author's most important point was that the same folks in Academia who point out that race is a 'social construct' use race as a basis for many programs which can have huge impacts on millions of lives.
Another complication for dealing with race in America: studies show that most African-Americans are, technically, mixed-race. For example, Sally Hemings was 3/4 white and her children (who were likely sired by T. Jefferson) were white enough that some 'passed.'
That is an irony, isn't it? I don't understand how the concept "race" can be dismissed on the one hand and then vehemently applied, on the other.
Yes, it is completely bizarre and nonsensical. All the worse when this persists in departments like biology or in STEM more broadly. It's an abandonment of basic principles in a university setting. Like teaching astrology instead of astronomy. The "problem" goes beyond most AA being "mixed race". Everyone is. There is no blood purity. The boundaries of race have changed over time (Irish, Italians) and vary massively country by country. It is an invented fiction for malicious purposes, and every time we associate with it we give it further credence as some sort of fundamental truth.
A very good point with which I fundamentally agree.
I suspect at some point they'll trot out their own version of the Nuremberg Laws with tables determining what percentage is needed to be considered of X race. Of course they won't necessarily realize they're mimicking National Socialist methods and theories.