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Bloodsage posted
race doesn't exist, so any question implying its existence is inherently racist
PBS did a series called Race: The Power of an Illusion, which argues that while race has no biological basis, it does exist as a social concept.
I tend to agree with them. While we're not completely segregated anymore, the pay gaps between races, as well as our general culture, lends power to this concept of race. Dismissing it as 'nonexistent' seems like sticking your head in the sand, rather than facing the fact that we do, indeed, live in a society that treats people of different skin colors differently.
Our census still asks people for the color of their skin, not for their ethnic background. Why would they do that if race 'didn't exist'?
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Gadani's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
why are people different colors?
Because hot-looking women come in all different flavors.
I mean, vanilla is all very well and good on it's own, but you wouldn't want to have only that one choice of flavor.
Variety=good thing.
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Liam had this to say about (_|_):
this threadjesus christ this thread
pretty much.
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Quoth Alidane:
PBS did a series called Race: The Power of an Illusion, which argues that while race has no biological basis, it does exist as a social concept.I tend to agree with them. While we're not completely segregated anymore, the pay gaps between races, as well as our general culture, lends power to this concept of race. Dismissing it as 'nonexistent' seems like sticking your head in the sand, rather than facing the fact that we do, indeed, live in a society that treats people of different skin colors differently.
Our census still asks people for the color of their skin, not for their ethnic background. Why would they do that if race 'didn't exist'?
Actually, it won't be until enough people stand up and raise the bullshit flag that things change. To insist that there's no such thing is not "sticking my head in the sand." Quite the contrary. It's by rolling over and spinelessly accepting that because a lot of people are stupid and bigoted that it must therefore be okay and, anyway, there's nothing to be done about it that one ignores reality and contributes to the continuing problem.
Further, the question was not a social one, and thus pointing out that a bunch of moronic bigots continue clinging to outmoded and disproven concepts as a social construct is rather wildly off topic.
And, finally, even the politically-correct term ethnicity is every bit as destructive, since it refers to things that are 0% biological and, especally in the US today, culture and the trappings of ethnicity are a choice, as proven by the growing phenomenon of geneology and people who have never set foot outside their cozy suburban neighborhoods, much less actually encountered another culture, identifying themselves as X-Americans.
So, in short, you are also wrong to insist that race is a meaningful distinction.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Alidane booooze lime pole over bench lick:
PBS did a series called Race: The Power of an Illusion, which argues that while race has no biological basis, it does exist as a social concept.I tend to agree with them. While we're not completely segregated anymore, the pay gaps between races, as well as our general culture, lends power to this concept of race. Dismissing it as 'nonexistent' seems like sticking your head in the sand, rather than facing the fact that we do, indeed, live in a society that treats people of different skin colors differently.
Our census still asks people for the color of their skin, not for their ethnic background. Why would they do that if race 'didn't exist'?
To "exist" something has to have a logical basis in reality. Race doesn't, so it doesn't exist.
Santa Claus is a social construct, too, but it doesn't mean he exists.
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Maradon! said:
Santa Claus is a social construct, too, but it doesn't mean he exists.
You mean.. he..
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Mortious had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
You mean.. he..
Don't let the easter bunny's vicious smear campaign get you too Mort. Santa does too exist.
And I only like the black kitties with the white paws. Thems r da bestest! 
