I remember occasionally hearing or reading the meme that "race is a social contruct". For the most part, I never thought it made sense, except for how mixed-race people are racially classified, such as by the notorious "one-drop" rule. There are real and plainly observable physical differences between people who come from different parts of the globe. This variation is indeed a biological fact. On the other hand, calling race a "political construct" seems to have made more sense. For example, look at the way black conservatives are called "Uncle Tom", "Oreo", or other terms that I don't feel like writing. Misfit Politics goes deeper into this idea, and has figured out the new way in which racism is defined.
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