Do you believe race is a social construct?

[Ohene]

some garbage punts

 

[Bea__13]

So they don't have any racial categorisation?

If they have 2 white parents I would still call them white but they would not be the norm but their kids would most likely be

 

[Bea__13]

You've just described my sister (dark skin, fine hair and narrow nose) and she's not Indian.

I think the word you're looking for is ethnicity. Each personal has an ethnicity (pure or mixed). "Race" is a lazy way of categorising people and lumping them together. AA ethnicity is a mixture of West African tribes, you can find out which one by doing a DNA test, I can't remember who but there was a celeb who did hers and found out her mtDNA was linked to Ghana.

What do your parents look like?

 

[Menelik II]

I'd also like to add , that pure Caucasian or pure Asian is incorrect. Given that they are both Africans with various mutations.

So what would pure Caucasian be then? The African with the most Caucasian mutations? 'Purity' and 'mutation' are contradictory.

 

[AlainLocke]

Race is as in the categorization of people into races and ethnicities is a social construct...

But you can identify people's race biologically...

I mean forensic science and medical science use race heavily as a biological category...


People that say race is a social construct are implying it isn't real and it doesn't serve a purpose and that it is irrational...when those assumptions are false

Why race as a biological construct matters - Gene Expression

This is a good article way race as a biological construct matters..

The problem isn't races and ethnicities exist...the problem is that racism and ethnicism and tribalism exist...

 

[YoungMasterGold]

If they have 2 white parents I would still call them white but they would not be the norm but their kids would most likely be

Why would you call them "white" even though they don't fit the norm? What if they only have one white parent? What would be their race then?

 

[010101]

you could choose any difference between individuals to draw a line¿
is there any excuse for shytty behavior¿

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[Bea__13]

Why would you call them "white" even though they don't fit the norm? What if they only have one white parent? What would be their race then?

If I didnt call them white then I would have to entertain the idea that it is possible for 2 white or black parents to have a mixed kid.

If one of the parents is a different race than the other it is clearly the result of a mixed relationship, so the child would be mixed

 

[Ms.CuriousCat]

What do your parents look like?

All same ethnicity, so no outside mix for as far as I can count back.

 

[Bea__13]

All same ethnicity, so no outside mix for as far as I can count back.

Does one of your parents have very fine or curly hair with a light complexion or maybe grand parent?

 

[Gold]

Race is as in the categorization of people into races and ethnicities is a social construct...

But you can identify people's race biologically...

I mean forensic science and medical science use race heavily as a biological category...


People that say race is a social construct are implying it isn't real and it doesn't serve a purpose and that it is irrational...when those assumptions are false

Why race as a biological construct matters - Gene Expression

This is a good article way race as a biological construct matters..

The problem isn't races and ethnicities exist...the problem is that racism and ethnicism and tribalism exist...

To the bolded, we are saying that it is a racial construct, but no one (at least in this thread) is saying that it isn't real. Those are 2 very different things.
Social constructs are very, very real in how they affect our lives

But if anyone is implying that isn't real based on it being a social construct, i fully agree with you.

 

[YoungMasterGold]

If I didnt call them white then I would have to entertain the idea that it is possible for 2 white or black parents to have a mixed kid.

Then your norm characteristics might just not be that useful for racial categorisation, no?

In some rare cases, two Black parents have been known to have had a child that hasn't shared their phenotype. Is that child a different race due to having characteristics that aren't part of your list of "pure" racial characteristics?

If one of the parents is a different race than the other it is clearly the result of a mixed relationship, so the child would be mixed

What race is a mixed child?

 

[Pure Water]

Race is a social construct. Now that social construct is very real. It's important for people to recognize that so people can eventually put aside their stupid ass differences and finally get along as humanly possible.

 

[Pure Water]

This thread trash btw.

 

[AlainLocke]

To the bolded, we are saying that it is a racial construct, but no one (at least in this thread) is saying that it isn't real. Those are 2 very different things.
Social constructs are very, very real in how they affect our lives

Nobody in this thread is saying race isn't real...

But I have heard people say..."Race is a social construct, it isn't real.."

There is even articles that say race isn't real...because it is a social construct

http://www.newsweek.com/there-no-such-thing-race-283123
News Flash People, Race isn't real - The Race Card Project
11 ways race isn’t real