That's really the thing that a lot of minorities who are hostile towards whites or who make fun of them (at least in the US) lack: the idea that their "race" is inherently superior to the "white race." A lot of people assume that racism just means, "he called me a cracker!" That's not how it works. Never did, never will.
Actually, it's an argument that's been reinforced by much of the "geneticist community." I'd hardly consider them proponents of feel good PC garbage. There are certainly differences in genetics that can be traced to location, but distinct racial categories as we talk about them are not biologically real. Sorry.
Which is exactly why "race is a social construct" is an entirely accurate statement and not "feel good, PC garbage." There are, in fact, genetic markers based on location that hold useful information. However, "race" as it is defined by most people is not a real, genetic thing.
Within the context of this thread and likely within the context MK's post, it is biologically meaningless which is why I said, "it depends on how you define it."
And in this entire thread, as I'm sure you know, we've been talking about the generic white, black, etc. which is how race is usually defined by most people. Perhaps you should clarified that you were transitioning into the latter definition before you called the accurate label of social construct "feel good, pc garbage."
Wow. Just... wow. :shock: There's just no where to go with that. How does one debate logically against points that are so completely illogical? At best, you are demonstrating a complete lack of knowledge of history, as differing peoples have been trying to oppress other peoples since the beginning of time... way before western society was even anything resembling a society of its own.
Which again, is why I said, it depends on the definition and in fact, said, "There are, in fact, genetic markers based on location that hold useful information." However, again, race as it is defined by most people as distinct genetic markers, is not real and biologically meaningless.
Telling people the truth is not stupid. If people don't know the difference, then they need to be educated not fed some myth that allows them to hold onto their socially constructed categories as if they are real. That kind of nonsense is stupid and garbage.
MK's goal is irrelevant to whether or not your responses were accurate. They weren't.
So your argument is that the truth depends on whether or not "most people know the difference." Calling race a social construct is either garbage or it's not. Guess what? It's not garbage. It's a fact of existence. The definition of "race" that most people work with and that was being used in this thread is a social construct. Period.
Exactly. The idea that because people "don't know the difference" is a reason to perpetuate the myth that they buy into is preposterous and sad.
