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Originally Posted by armand.kay
Race isn't biological it's a social construct, we're all human at the end of the day. The idea of race as we know it only came about during the slave trade and later on with the study of eugenics. Irish people were never considered to be white until later on. Even now someones race can differ depending on where they are in the world, a mixed race person in America will still be seen as black while in the uk acknowledge they're mixed more. In Africa theres also a whole load of different ethnic groups that anywhere else in the world would all be seen as black but in their respective countries they view each other as a different races.
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This ideology is quite confusing.Race is obviously biological.
How people of different races treat each other though,Yes is sociological.
However tribalism as unpleasant as it can be,is a natural trait.
It’s seen all across the animal kingdom including humans.
It is true to say that tribalism doesn’t just cross racial lines but is also reflected in geographical origin.
Hopefully one day humans will evolve past tribalism if we survive long enough.
But to say race is a social construct is confusing and inaccurate.