Also, many (maybe most) countries root their identity in national culture more than racial heritage. For example, someone from the Dominican Republics is more likely to say that they are "Dominican" than they are triracial/biracial for example.
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I never understood that importance of a very specifically defined racial background in the US to be honest. Doesn't this promote even more division?
jul 4, 2025, 8:14 pm • 6 1 • view
It's so deeply engrained that it can't just be "turned off" in one collective swoop. Americans who claim not to "see color" tend to contribute more to racism because they're overlooking the obvious disparate effects racism has at present, e.g in criminal justice.
jul 6, 2025, 3:25 pm • 2 0 • view
For another example, sensible people have to acknowledge the importance of Barack Obama's race because, despite conservatives' protestations to the contrary, it was the entire basis for the "birther" conspiracy theory which Trump rode to political prominence.
jul 6, 2025, 3:26 pm • 1 0 • view
Oh, I don't mean race in general. I'm happy it's acknowledged and celebrated. I meant people claiming they're of Irish, Indian, Jamaican and Chinese ethnicity(23andMe or they found far ancestors from those counties immigrated to the US) while they have US-born parents and no cultural connection.
jul 6, 2025, 7:01 pm • 0 0 • view
Regarding racists, there's no way around them. People will find any reason to be awful and we shouldn't accommodate their insanity.
jul 6, 2025, 7:01 pm • 0 0 • view
The US is OBSESSED with racial categorization... it's a sickness that is part of the national DNA.
jul 4, 2025, 8:33 pm • 16 0 • view