• Classic_Agency [he/him,comrade/them]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Not really. White identity doesn't go nearly as deep as gender identity does. You'll find that most white people identify more as 'American' or 'British' than as white. The only people who strongly identify as white are Fascists.

    • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      White doesn’t exist. It’s a label added to ethnic groups considered useful enough to be allowed into the “less overtly oppressed” club. If someone goes on about white identity, 9/10 times they’re a nazi or a dupe - white culture never existed in the first place

      • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        White exists, in the sense that it’s a social construct used specifically to exclude specific groups. Gender exists also as a social construct. Has anyone argued that gender has been constructed specifically to elevate men at the expense of women? I imagine so.

        • Smeagolicious [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          True point on white being an entirely exclusive label, pretty much what I meant but worded better. I’d definitely read the theory on gender as an exclusionary label if it can be found

          • ChapoBapo [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            You worded it very well. I’m very sure I’m not the first to observe that both race and gender are both socially constructed. They “don’t exist” in an objective sense but they do within our societal context.

      • ViveLaCommune [any]
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        4 years ago

        I'm so glad this website exists, and I'm so glad you exist in it