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I also did not read the chit chat posts. There is nothing biological that conotates race. I could have more biological similarity to a White person than I could with another Black person. Race is a social constuction that we as human beings created to classify each other. Nationality is too. However, race and nationality become very REAL in everyday experiences. One of my friends was using a pay phone and some people pulled up beside her as called her a nigger. I'm sure that everyone can tell a story like that, this incident is not unique. But it's just an example of race becoming real. It becomes even more real when you look at health, economic oppotunities, employment, income, etc. I think race is constucted and BS to some extent, but when you look at power and who has it, again race becomes real to me and as long as people of darker skin are without power my loyalty lies with my people.
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