Before this comment forum devolves into the usual level of strife trying to grapple with what race "is," I'd like to offer two articles. What We Mean When We S

Before this comment forum devolves into the usual level of strife trying to grapple with what race "is," I'd like to offer two articles. What We Mean When We Say 'Race Is a Social Construct' - http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/what-we-mean-when-we-say-race-is-a-social-construct/275872/ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/what-we-... The Point Is Not To Interpret Whiteness But To To Abolish It by Noel Ignatiev - http://racetraitor.org/abolishthepoint.html http://racetraitor.org/abolishthepoint.html (the stuff about "White Studies" (obviously contextual) and Marxist tie-ins are totally optional to understanding the central points, I believe)