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Originally Posted by Sista
Social Construction:
A social construction, or social construct, according to the school of social constructionism, is an idea which may appear to be natural and obvious to those who accept it, but in reality is an invention or artifact of a particular culture or society. The implication is that social constructs are human choices rather than laws of God or nature
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People are most likely calling you names because you continue to talk and use examples of which it is obvious that even you yourself don't understand. Case in point your choice to define and the bold certain sections of the above definition clearly show that you lack certain critical reading skills. You chose to excerpt the above definition to "prove" that a social contstruct in an invention or artifact..." But what you failed to realize when trying to make said quip is that you are only supporting what just about everyone here has been trying to tell you. But just a word of advice on critical reading. When using above referenced definition of social construct, you must insert the social construction you are intending to speak about. Since 'race' is the social construct being spoken of in this thread, I'll give you an example. Replace 'race' with "social construct" and you get the following:
"'race' is an idea which may appear to be natural and obvious to those who accept it,
but in reality is an invention or artifact of a particular culture or society."
This explains how the concept of race has and will continue to change and be "flexible" in American society, just as much as it explains how the concept of race varies within and between the U.S., Latin America, Europe, Africa. etc.
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