Controversial - the place to discuss controversial topics

498 readers

295 users here now

Controversial - the community to discuss controversial topics.

Challenge others opinions and be challenged on your own.

This is not a safe space nor an echo-chamber, you come here to discuss in a civilized way, no flaming, no insults!

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, "trust me bro" is not a valid argument.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Hastur@sh.itjust.works

Thoughts? (media.piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/controversial@sh.itjust.works

122 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

The reason, fyi, is because they're two different categories of thing. Gender is, and always has been, centered around the social aspects. Presentation, identity, roles, behaviours.

Race is a complex category, with a mix of physiological and culture dependent aspects.
You can't change your race because you can't change your heritage, which is a component.

You can, however, change your cultural identity. It's not a perfect analog to gender, obviously, but it's closer to race.
Much like how we conflated the names for the sexes with the names for the genders, many cultures share a name with a race that is a prominent member. This is often acutely clear to mixed race people or people adopted into a different racial household.