culture and ethnicity have nothing to do with race. race is based on phenotype
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Jobe@feddit.org 1 month ago
They don’t appear to understand the difference between cultural and gender identity. I’d try this:
“If a white person of european descent were raised from birth by a Sentinel Island tribe, would they be culturally european?”
The answer is obviously no, illustrating that the cultural identity of a person depends on the culture the person was raised in. I don’t know how gender identity works, but clearly how someone is raised has little to do with it.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Saleh@feddit.org 1 month ago
Problem is that “race” isn’t just cultural. How you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “race” and subsequently it will shape your life reality.
That person you gave as an example? In the US, Canada or most European countries he will be treated better than an actual Citizen born and raised in the respective country who is perceived as “black” or “brown”.
SaltSong@startrek.website 1 month ago
But surely how you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “gender” and subsequently it will shape your life reality?
Everything you described up there sounds exactly like “cultural.”
Saleh@feddit.org 1 month ago
That makes gender more like “ethnicity”/“race” rather than “culture” don’t you think?
SaltSong@startrek.website 1 month ago
I’m advised that there is no scientific or genetic basis for race. I’m a little unclear on how “ethnicity” is different from “race.”
All of them seem to be social constructs.