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> I didn't say Africans and Europeans, I said black people and white people. Same thing > A black person from Africa and a black person from elsewhere are con
by asianthrowaway 8y ago
> I didn't say Africans and Europeans, I said black people and white people.
Same thing
> A black person from Africa and a black person from elsewhere are considered the same race because of their visual similarities, regardless of their background. That's the social construct.
And also perhaps because they actually are from the same race? Do you consider all the current inhabitants of the USA to be native americans?
> It can be inaccurate enough that it isn't useful, though.
That's true, but racial categories are really accurate, especially in this age of cheap DNA testing. As for usefulness, I'd say it's pretty useful in the medical field, for instance certain drugs work in some races but not in others due to racial differences in body chemistry.
- aluren 8y agoAll Africans are black and all Europeans are white? That's a new one. As for medicine, while the efficacy of drugs can be ethnicity dependent, race is such a weak proxy for it that it often leads to mistakes when doctors operate by habit. Nothing trumps actual genetic screening (as opposed to "which Anglo-centric category do you fit best based on how you look").
- asianthrowaway 8y ago> All Africans are black and all Europeans are white? That's a new one. In terms of race, yes. But of course, in terms of citizenship, no. You have white south africans and black europeans obviously. But obviously white south africans hail originally from europe and black europeans hail originally from africa.