Intersectional epicycles. https://twitter.com/DanaGoldstein/status/1077949350482006016 …
Colors are real but the words we use to name them (and the distinctions those words draw) are constructs. Many languages don't distinguish between blue and green. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language …
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Likewise, there's an underlying reality to race (genes, ancestry) but the words we use for race are the outcomes of social and political processes, and can serve as weapons. That's what I'm trying to draw attention to here.
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'White' is a political term in the US that tells us all Europeans (and a lot of Asians and North Africans) are one team; 'POC' is a term that insists all non-Europeans are one team. Neither one makes much sense outside North America.
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. Banned in Sweden. SubGenius, Zhuangist, white-hat troll. Defrocked mathematician. Brain problems.