Blackness and “Race”

Faces which prove that “race” is a social construct

In the USA, skin color and phenotype (physical appearance) have been used for over 400 years as indicators of “race”.

Even worse than this, “race” is then used as a proxy for “ethnicity”.

But “White” is not an ethnicity.  And “Black” is not an ethnicity.

These “colors” are social caste categories which have become normalised as ethnic identities.

It would be intriguing to see how followers of this blog would describe the people in these photos to someone, if that person asked you to say what “race” these people are.

Explanation to follow in tomorrow’s blog…

#raceisasocialconstruct #raceisapoliticalconstruct #raceiscaste