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Not defending the words of the poster you are quoting but African American is a race not a religion/belief system. Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be
by intoverflow2 9y ago
Not defending the words of the poster you are quoting but African American is a race not a religion/belief system.
Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be a more appropriate analogy.
- dragonwriter 9y agoAll identities are beliefs, as are all concepts of race; an identity tied to a concept of race is absolutely a belief system. > Dating app for Mormons or Atheists would be a more appropriate analogy. Of course, both of those exist, too.
- whywhywhywhy 9y agoBabies are not born with beliefs they can't change. But they are born with a race they can't change. It's not the same.
- dragonwriter 9y agoRaces aren't objective facts of biology they are mutable social constructs (both in terms of identity and ascribed status.) It's true that you can't directly control (though you can influence)) ascribed racial status (the rest of society collectively does that) but, that's true of all ascribed statuses (including ascribed religion, though that's often not significant in modern Western societies.)
- whywhywhywhy 9y agoTIL being Chinese isn't an objective fact it's something you can stop being true if raised in the right society. By this logic white people raised in certain parts of America are African Americans.
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