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[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just. Shut. Up. Already.

I’m not sure why you’re angry at me. I never accused anyone of cultural appropriation, merely described a situation where no rational person would. I also generally think the concept is overly policed on the internet and often bullshit. I have argued for years that culture is meant to be shared. I’m a singer, and I do not hesitate to sing songs from cultures outside my own, and indeed I try to find the right way to express that song as much like the other cultures would as I can.

Like everything else in life, though, this is not black and white. There is such a thing as cultural appropriation, and it is when cultures are belittled and not treated with respect. Participating in a culture is fine. Making your team mascot “Chief Wahoo” is not.

No, it's not. There are such things as different races and ancestries.

I recommend you look into this more. Here is just one example from a quick Google search. What we mean when we talk about race is not nearly as black-and-white (pun intended) as we think, genetically speaking, and is largely something we decide as a society. Thus, a social construct. Like gender. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have meaning or value, just that it isn’t something unchanging. Like, for example, how Irish and Italians weren’t considered “White” and now are. Or how complicated things can get within some Hispanic communities with regard to skin color.

And yes, you calling jk Rowling a terf bitch shows that you're not writing this is good faith, you're just trying to be edgy and punch down.

I’m not sure it’s possible for me to punch down at a billionaire, least of all by calling out her blatant transphobia. I’m also not sure how taking swings at her means I’m not writing in good faith. I suspect you’re just upset and I’m not entirely sure why. Take a deep breath, my friend.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I'm with you approximately %100.

One thing I've done when arguing with a person that insists race is real and meaningful is to ask the other person how many races they think there are.

It gets the gears turning a bit.

European, African, East Asian, Arabic, South Asian, Indigenous Australian, Indigenous New Zealander/Pacific Islanders (same or different?), North American Indigenous, South American Indigenous? are Mexico's Indigenous people the same race as Amazonians? Peru? Are they the same race as the Inuit of the arctic?

etc etc

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

"What kind of race, African or European?"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I like showing them pictures of Melanesians and asking them if they can guess which part of Africa they're from.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They literally track disease by that thing that doesn't exist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_health

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From your link:

In the study of race and health, scientists organize people in racial categories depending on different factors such as: phenotype, ancestry, social identity, genetic makeup and lived experience.

Overall, racial health disparities appear to be rooted in social disadvantages associated with race such as implicit stereotyping and average differences in socioeconomic status.

Cool cool I'm now totally convinced race is meaningful. How many races would you say there are? I probably agree.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

yes, yes, you found a paragraph to be clever with, I'm so destroyed by facts and logic. (I wouldn't try count myself....a fucking lot.)

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If there are "a fucking lot" of races, are you sure you mean races, and not ethnicities?

I think race means like, "well there are several races of people: white people, black people, yellow people, brown people and red people" ...

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

ain't no red people and there more than a few black races that ain't african type black people.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm of the opinion that there aren't any biological races and that race is a social construct.

Is it your opinion that 'African type black people' are a single race?

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Well, you're wrong, you've some political reason to deny biological reality.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No I honestly don't. I also think you may not be as racist as you sound, I think you just don't understand the difference between race and ethnicity. How many 'black African' races do you think there are? Answering this question would help me figure out your understanding of ethnicity vs race.

Can you give some examples of the biological reality you think I'm denying? The Wikipedia article you cited did not support your position that race is biologically significant to health.

You didn't deny that 'yellow' is a race. (Again, I don't believe in races, you seem to) Can you tell me some biological realities that apply to 'yellow' people?

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not defining terms you understand like your monkey.

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You say I'm in denial of biological reality but you refuse to give examples of how I am deluded. You are not arguing in good faith.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Said the guy pretending to not understand basic terms, whether or not he agrees. (You disagreeing with those terms' practical existence is the example)

[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mate, no. I understand the practical existence of race (well... to the extent a nonracialized person can) what I'm talking about is the expert consensus that: the matter of where the boundaries between races get drawn is determined by social factors, not biological.

The question of whether an ethnicity was (and is) 'white' or not was a political question, not a biological one.

[–] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Oh look. Gobblygook