Edit: this question has been answered now. Thank you to everyone who took the time to help me understand.

the premise that race is not a natural, biologically grounded feature of physically distinct subgroups of human beings but a socially constructed (culturally invented) category that is used to oppress and exploit people of colour.

Okay… But we can take a DNA test and get our ancestry, telling us what percentage of what races make up our overall ethnicity. So how is race a social construct and not a biological feature, when we have a scientific method to determine our race? This part of the philosophy has been bothering me ever since I read it, and I’ve been hesitant to ask because of how offensive people get when you question this system.

  • half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    What color are your eyes?

    Edit: Too scared to answer? I knew you had one of the idiot coward eye colors. That’s why you can’t understand race is a social construct and not genetic. I bet if we measured the crown of your head you’d also fit into the categories that shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce. It’s just genetics.