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Uh huh, then what race am I? Is race passed down the mother's line? The father's? Or does it arbitrarily transform between generations due to some biological f

• like_any_other 2y ago
  I don't understand why you think your question should have a simple answer. 'Race' is, very obviously, a coarse division of human genetic diversity into a few clusters. That doesn't imply everyone fits neatly into one of the clusters. Saying someone belongs to race X is just a way of saying they are more similar to that genetic cluster/area than any other. Or to some point between two clusters, e.g. they are race (X + Y)/2 (Amerindian-Caucasian, for example). Try applying the same logic to any other concept - it is nearly always the case that concepts in language do not perfectly describe the underlying reality. Yet we're not stupid enough to then claim that means the underlying reality is meaningless.
  • UncleEntity 2y ago
    So it's a social construct...