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Originally posted by Honeykiss1974
Ok, I firmly believe that RACE truly is only a social construct but let me go out on a limb here.......
RUGreek,
Could one of the reasons you believe race is a biological construct be due to the fact that there are certain diseases that are inherently found in those of African descent (for example Sickle Cell Anemia)?
Really besides something like this, I know within the African American community we come is ALL SHADES, ALL SKIN FEATURES, ALL HAIR TYPES, ETC., so I am really trying to understand you point.
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No, I think that disease argument is b.s. too. We have Tay-Sachs, maybe it's more prevalent, but I don't think that your race centers around diseases you are more susceptible to.
I must not be saying this properly because a lot of you aren't seeing this point the way I am. People attach stereotypes to certain races, let's start with that. Jews have big noses, Irish red hair, African-Americans have dark black skin, Asians have small squinty eyes, you see where I'm going with this? Now, those stereotypes are specifically linked to a race for that individual. Now, all I'm trying to say is when someone looks at you, they judge you as a certain race, whether you've checked it off on a box or not. That's the biological basis for race, what you see as the external features of a person.
Does that help at all?
RUgreek
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