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Babies 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.
by whywhywhywhy 9y ago
Babies 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.