01-29-2018, 06:34 PM
(01-29-2018, 06:25 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I suppose we have descended into a bit of a semantic argument. However, my point that "race" is not a western invention or construct still stands.
I typed several responses to this that ended up being far more complex than they needed to be. Suffice it to say that I disagree. The modern concept of race is something that was created by the forefathers of the social sciences in western society as a way of categorizing people and ranking them. This is how I have been given to understand the construct.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
