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Another subtle manipulation you might unknowingly be exposed to is the word "interracial" itself and the notion of using it to classify people. Growing up in Eu
by ptx 7y ago
Another subtle manipulation you might unknowingly be exposed to is the word "interracial" itself and the notion of using it to classify people. Growing up in Europe, I have only ever heard of this concept from Americans and it continues to baffle me why it would be a useful distinction to make. The word seems to imply the segregation of people of different "races".
- DoreenMichele 7y agoAmerica has a history of defining "black" as being as little as 1/8 African blood. You can be 7/8 white European heritage and be "black" in America. Historically, it was illegal in much of the US for a white person and black person to marry. It's just a raft load of nonsense rooted in the detail that America imported slaves from Africa, then used skin color to distinguish free from slave. It hasn't really fully died. We are still living with a lot of those mental models in new guises.