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try_the_bassyesterday at 12:35 AM1 replyview on HN

> race is an intrinsic immutable attribute

Is it?

Care you define who makes up the "white race"? Or any other overly-broad category that typically gets bandied about as "race"?

From my perspective, as someone who is flexibly categorized as "white" or "latino", depending on whatever is most convenient for the categorizer, "race" is a remarkable fluid label. Most people can't even agree on what "race" folks of mixed ethnic heritage actually are.

Race is a social construct. There's nothing intrinsic or immutable about any social construct.


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anon84873628yesterday at 1:07 AM

I think you know perfectly well my meaning in context of the comment thread I was replying to.

Yes, some people are mixed ethnicity or "white passing". Yes societal views changes ("Italian used to not be considered white"). At the end of the day, most people fall into one of the categories and don't get to change that.

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