05-30-2019, 09:56 AM
(05-29-2019, 09:50 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: To be fair, what one considers to be their race doesn't matter much as race is constructed based upon society's perception of you based on external factors. An individual can be categorized as different races by different people as the lines for what constitutes what race is highly subjective and often shifting based upon regional, generational, and also current trends.
But I should stop here because whenever I try to actually introduce social science into conversations about race it results in confusion for some individuals.
I agree. Given that approximately 33 million of 50 million Hispanic Americans disagree with the government's definition of their race illustrates your point about the subjective nature of race.
And don't think I didn't notice you tried to trick the usual suspects by writing "race is constructed based upon society's perception" rather than "race is a social construct" which we know they scoff at. LOL
