You’re giving “race” as an arbitrary social construct special status above other characteristics. Height, hair color, etc.
You’re presupposing that race is more significant than these.
Furthermore, the flexibility of racial terms like “white” to include or exclude people like Italians and Irish over the decades also goes to show that it’s arbitrary and malleable.
Like religion, it’s just been a tool for political control. Conservatives love in groups and out groups, this is just the common one of the day.
You’re giving “race” as an arbitrary social construct special status above other characteristics. Height, hair color, etc.
You’re presupposing that race is more significant than these.
Furthermore, the flexibility of racial terms like “white” to include or exclude people like Italians and Irish over the decades also goes to show that it’s arbitrary and malleable.
Like religion, it’s just been a tool for political control. Conservatives love in groups and out groups, this is just the common one of the day.