Comment on What's the best way to respond to someone who says "transracial is just as valid as transgender"?
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days agoextremely simple question for you, if bell hooks believed race isn’t real then why does she call herself Black? do you seriously believe she means that in a “race doesn’t exist” way? 🤦♀️
EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
You do not need to believe race is a biological reality to acknowledge that the perception of others as you (+ your ancestors) being a member of a race has materially affected your identity
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
so I never said it’s a biological reality, just that it’s real because white supremacy is real. seems like we agree
EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I agree, it feels like we’ve been arguing over semantics. When I (and I’m assuming the person you originally responded to) say “real”, I don’t mean to claim that it doesn’t have material effects, I mean that it has no biological basis - i.e. it is socially constructed.
amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
yes thanks for elaborating. the reason why I got defensive is because most of the time when I argue with other white people, they abuse the socially constructed race theory to make me concede that racism doesn’t exist or that whites can experience “reverse racism”.