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jannik323 t1_jaaajmu wrote

Reply to comment by king_of_the_nothing in [OC] The current US Congress is the most Latino in US history by latinometrics

well the concept of "race" is silly and ive never seen anyone define it 100%. i think its fine for statistics and such,but shouldnt be used anywhere else. first time i heard about the idea was in history class , about hitler and his race theory.....i think that tells something already

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king_of_the_nothing t1_jaavi5f wrote

I'm glad you see my point. Race is a social construct. That construct changes over time. What use is this data without defining what is being measured? In the decision of Alvarez v Lemon Grove (1931) the judge refers to people of Mexican descent as 'one race of White people'. White wasn't a race in 1931. Greek, Slav and German were all different races of White people.

We do need to talk about race because there are racists in the world, but we need to be sure we all have the same understanding of the words we use.

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