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“Race” is itself a vague and almost meaningless term.
by JambalayaJimbo 2y ago
“Race” is itself a vague and almost meaningless term.
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- ffsm8 2y agoIn today's world: definitely! There can be less genetic differences between people from (for example) Asia and Africa vs actual family members. But feel like the intent of the word was very much not vague. It was initially just about the optical differences between people that were born in different areas of the world - which are/were very easy to discern ~150 yrs ago when it extremely rare for "interracial" offspring. But that's mostly down to people being people and not caring about these differences at large. Give it a few hundred years and these physical differences such as skin color, average body sizes etc will have gone away, too. At least I think they will. So I feel that this is a great example of another word that's become so charged with political meaning that the origins meaning has been lost or at least changed along the way. And it continues to lose it with every kid that has parents of varying origin