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That article was interesting! I appreciated a lot of the insights-- thanks for sharing.
I think, though, that it glosses over an important point in the argument that race is socially constructed: the fact that the definitions of races are mutable, and the lines between them move around. These changes are due to social patterns. For instance, who is considered "white" has changed throughout history, and mixed race individuals are frequently grouped with one race or another, or sometimes classed in their own category altogether.
"Socially constructed" doesn't mean "not real", it means "defined by society". Language, for example, is socially constructed, but no one would argue that it doesn't exist.
Comment by _Mellex_ at 30/06/2020 at 19:01 UTC
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"Socially constructed" doesn't mean "not real", it means "defined by society". Language, for example, is socially constructed, but no one would argue that it doesn't exist.
Read through the comments. The author says as much at length.