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> Yet I'm classified as "white", which is absurd and shows that racial groups are absurd, and not even a scientifically acknowledged phenomenon, but just a soci
by derevaunseraun 4y ago
> Yet I'm classified as "white", which is absurd and shows that racial groups are absurd, and not even a scientifically acknowledged phenomenon, but just a social construct
Who's doing the classifying? Most of the time it's you checking a box in some application form
If it's just a social construct, theoretically what's stopping you from identifying as a different race? An honor system?
Since there is no legal assignment of race, what's keeping people from just lying?
- favorited 4y ago> If it's just a social construct, theoretically what's stopping you from identifying as a different race? Because that social construct doesn't involve self-selection. The construct is that society puts people into racial buckets.
- derevaunseraun 4y ago> The construct is that society puts people into racial buckets. So let's say you apply for a job somewhere and they ask the race question on the job application. I highly doubt that interviewers are given this information. Who exactly is holding people accountable in this system?