• smellythief@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The fact that people think whiteness and blackness are real, and sometimes treat people differently based on those labels, makes them real. That’s how concepts and words work.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 months ago

      Er, I get where you’re coming from, but white and black people are physiologically different.

      Not in intelligence or any of the other bullshit racists spout, of course. But there are differences in the way people’s bodies handle things like medication and disease which usually correlates with skin color.