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Oneironaut

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23. Race is a social construct and isn't real. Imo, it should be eliminated.

Sun Feb 11, 2018, 10:40 AM

Feb 2018

What people are really seeing with "race" is slight genetic variations due to previously isolated populations. However, even white skin is a recent trait (in terms of overall human history). Now that the world is interconnected, as it's becoming less and less common for someone to "look like they came from somewhere," the concept of race as an identifying trait is becoming increasingly archaic.

It isn't real. There's no reason to differentiate or classify by it. I think we should dump the classification of race entirely and shed our national obsession with it.

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This Has Been Shared Over 16k Times On FB [View all] JimGinPA Feb 2018 OP

In hopes it'll be an epiphany for DU? Let THIS sink in. Hortensis Feb 2018 #1

I think he (or she) is trying to point out Glamrock Feb 2018 #5

I didn't get it at first, either Roy Rolling Feb 2018 #19

Not trying to be a dick here.... Glamrock Feb 2018 #21

I must not be either Lulu KC Feb 2018 #56

I Don't Know What Your Problem Is JimGinPA Feb 2018 #8

Hear Hear! That person obviously missed the point of the graphic. CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #12

My problem is defining "Americans" by the worst of us. Hortensis Feb 2018 #31

Oh, You're One Of Those People That Can't Admit It When They're Wrong JimGinPA Feb 2018 #43

it's okay now. Both our messages are here. Hortensis Feb 2018 #45

I think you're mistaken. Isn't that TRUMP'S inauguration? Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #11

The OP's meaning came over pretty well but it also went over someone's head. brush Feb 2018 #14

This will be completely lost on the target audience. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #2

+1 dewsgirl Feb 2018 #3

Youre correct, no yolk. N_E_1 for Tennis Feb 2018 #4

Until they need our organs or malaise Feb 2018 #6

And it wasn't so long ago ..... marble falls Feb 2018 #9

The Red Cross was as racists as every other institution malaise Feb 2018 #10

Those things, yes they wanted... GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #16

and our women and children malaise Feb 2018 #18

yes... :(. To the massuh, it was just a way to build his stock BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #40

... DesertRat Feb 2018 #29

Back at you DesertRat malaise Feb 2018 #32

Yup, far too nuanced and subtle for the staybull gheeneeusses. Hugin Feb 2018 #7

With the exception of Scrambled Eggs: then they ARE human brains on DRUGS MagickMuffin Feb 2018 #27

I only buy the brown ones. WiseElder Feb 2018 #13

I buy both and honestly can't tell any difference in taste DesertRat Feb 2018 #36

I do too. Control-Z Feb 2018 #61

Both produced without the input of a man!! boston bean Feb 2018 #15

Or a woman... GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #17

Yet there was definitely a female involved. MrsCoffee Feb 2018 #49

And no male... GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #50

Both in the same frying pan ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #59

Really now... apkhgp Feb 2018 #20

Thats the downside of being a demographic characterized by intelligence BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2018 #41

I agree with you on there apkhgp Feb 2018 #47

Hello JimGinPA syringis Feb 2018 #22

Race is a social construct and isn't real. Imo, it should be eliminated. Oneironaut Feb 2018 #23

Well plcdude Feb 2018 #25

Social constructs are real oberliner Feb 2018 #37

Fake News TlalocW Feb 2018 #24

Reminds me of the identical skull pictures someone posted here yesterday. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #26

That Was Me Too JimGinPA Feb 2018 #39

Wow, I'm dense. CrispyQ Feb 2018 #28

My friend has hens that lay blue eggs DesertRat Feb 2018 #30

Great lesson 🙂 MLAA Feb 2018 #52

You could have made the point more obvious with exploratory surgery, no ? nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2018 #58

You know people pay extra for the brown eggs? nt doc03 Feb 2018 #33

One of my kids lives near D.C. She pays over $5 Marthe48 Feb 2018 #48

If only dismantling systemic oppression were so easy. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #34

K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #35

Really.... who friggin broke those egg shells open ? magicarpet Feb 2018 #38

well to be fair... handmade34 Feb 2018 #42

Purina Farms actually had red-yolk and green-yolk eggs on their tours in the 1970s. Gore1FL Feb 2018 #44

O.K. - I'll start the argument packman Feb 2018 #46

Fahrenheit 451 Via Gullivers Travels JimGinPA Feb 2018 #53

I'll give it to you - but really Gulliver's Travels packman Feb 2018 #54

It Bugged Me Because It Seemed Famiiar JimGinPA Feb 2018 #57

Oh, I get it now! PatrickforO Feb 2018 #51

If you are trying to open someone to Marthe48 Feb 2018 #55

Everyone knows the Cadbury bunny lays the brown eggs ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #60

Left picture: your brain. Right picture: your brain after 6 months of Fox News. Initech Feb 2018 #62