r/BeAmazed • u/Acceptable-Elk3412 • 7d ago

Nature Cute

I don't know what I was expecting after she said, but they're also something else.

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u/Alarming-Prize-405 7d ago

According to you (and you are wrong). Turns out black, white, and brown are social constructs and there is no biological basis for different races. We are all the same. What you consider different is up for social and cultural debate.

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u/Independent-Shoe543 7d ago

Yes of course I completely agree with that they are complete social constructs and indeed it is a spectrum with no defining divisions between 'races' in genetic/biological terms and indeed there is no use for such, I just meant based on the social construct which is generally visual characteristics, hair eye colour, phenotype, melanin quantity, she would not be considered black? Of course people choose what they identify as but I think it is a bit pedantic to say she is not white in all general purposes of the term.

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u/Alarming-Prize-405 7d ago

Race is not only defined visually, it’s also defined socially and culturally. Even “white passing” people are persecuted (Jews, Romani, Arabs, etc.)

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u/a_dreamer 7d ago

I agree with what you're saying 100%. I also want to add into this discussion thread that for law enforcement purposes, race is defined as what is seen. You aren't asked your race when you're booked after being arrested because it's more important to know what you look like. If they're looking for the lighter of the twins, for good or bad reasons, you want to say she's a "white" female because otherwise, she wouldn't be identified. Say if she were ever kidnapped and human trafficked. It's all nuisanced, which is what I think that you are saying too