My hottest take:
While Rachel Dolezal claimed to be black and others around her thought she was black, she *was* black.
As there's no essence to race, a person is whatever they are recognized as in terms of social positioning.
While Rachel Dolezal claimed to be black and others around her thought she was black, she *was* black.
As there's no essence to race, a person is whatever they are recognized as in terms of social positioning.
https://twitter.com/roderickgraham/status/1488678264159752196
Because social race isn't fixed, a person *can* transition between races as socially labeled. If within one social circle a person presents and is racialized as race X and in another circle as race Y, then both labels are concurrently valid socially.
Of course, all of this is built on this truth about social race. It's a label placed upon us that we chose to recognize and others can recognize too
So nothing prevents multiple, even conflicting labels within different circles. Nothing prevents fluidity
So nothing prevents multiple, even conflicting labels within different circles. Nothing prevents fluidity
https://twitter.com/rasmansa/status/1369781292842295301?t=aqQetr5MGUrI-XnLr9ttyw&s=19
This speaks nothing of ancestry, which isn't race. This speaks nothing of skin color, which isn't race.
Race is a sociopolitical construction that takes from what it will to serve the purpose it will.
That purpose isn't good, but this is the world we inhabit, and seek to change
Race is a sociopolitical construction that takes from what it will to serve the purpose it will.
That purpose isn't good, but this is the world we inhabit, and seek to change
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