Comment on What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agowhite people, we learn one sociological term and run it into the ground. it doesn’t mean what you think it does.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“A social construct is an idea, category, or framework that gains meaning through collective agreement within a society”
The racial lines of division are arbitrary and different in each society. Therefore, a social construct.
Remember, it wasn’t THAT long ago that Italians weren’t considered white. Now they are.