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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
I'm sure it has but you just worded the issue pretty succinctly. Good post.
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