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[–] Zarobi@aussie.zone 9 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

Are you confusing "race" and "species"?

Wikipedia:

Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.

[–] figmentEpithelium@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

They're making a point about how race is a human construct created to separate humans for the purpose of power. The idea of race didn't exist until the 1750's or so when Linneaus categorized people based on geographic location and racist stereotypes.

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

Right, go tell that to Herodotus when he was talking about various other races of peoples and how barbaric they were compared to the Greeks, in 425BCE.

Or just keep making up shit that race is a modern European white man only thing. Don't let the the rest of history and the other cultures of the world inconveniently disprove your stupidly modern euro centric view of the world.

[–] figmentEpithelium@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world -1 points 12 hours ago

No, I need idiots to stop spouting bullshit that isn't true because they love making up simplistic narratives that are false to suite their political agenda and stroke their own egos.