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Are you arguing that stating Gebru is Black is a miscategorization, or are you arguing that the category doesn't make sense?
by webmaven 6y ago
Are you arguing that stating Gebru is Black is a miscategorization, or are you arguing that the category doesn't make sense?
- brabel 6y agoI think that in the future, categorising people by their made up race will be as absurd as categorising people by their eye colour or hair colour (see how skin colour falls into the same kind of trait?). Imagine a group of people who discriminate all red headed people. Makes as much sense as discriminating all people of a certain skin colour. To answer your question: in this hypothetical world where red heads have a hard time: imagine someone being fired for fighting for the rights of redheads while actually looking blonde with a tiny amount of red in their hair colour! That's the situation we seem to be in.
- webmaven 6y agoFine. But we're not in that future yet. So, are you arguing that in today's world, stating that Gebru is a member of the sociopolitically constructed category "Black" is a miscategorization, or that the category is nonsensical? Personally, I think that Gebru is absolutely correct to categorize herself as a Black Woman for purposes of fighting against the discrimination she experiences.