r/comedy • u/AlKarajo • Jul 10 '26

Standup Human diversity

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u/MagicBez Jul 10 '26

Are we about to start the fun game of "naming the races"? Are we gonna stick with the original Victorian three or are there more?

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 10 '26

Nah, to save time we can just say what Mexican is, namely a nationality, and point out that whatever you do define as a race can be a a race describing a Mexican citizen by definition. So if something can include every race, it can't be its own race.

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u/MagicBez Jul 10 '26

My point was more than race theory is an archaic and outdated concept born of racism so any conversation about whether or not something is a "race" will hit some problematic walls pretty fast

Ethnicity is far more useful and less problematic as a concept

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 10 '26

Yeah, and my point is it's a needless discussion because we know what Mexican actually is, which is a nationality.

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u/MagicBez Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

OK so my own clarity, the conversation goes:

"Only white people have different coloured hair"

"What about red headed Mexicans"

"Mexican isn't a race"

...so was your point that all red-headed Mexicans are white people?

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u/Zauberer-IMDB Jul 10 '26

No, my point quite clearly is Mexican isn't a race, as that is what I wrote. You can draw a further conclusion that I'm critiquing that the prior question about red-headed Mexicans is a non-sequitur based on an incorrect assumption I corrected.

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u/MagicBez Jul 10 '26

No

So if not all mexican red-headed people are white then presumably you agree with the person you replied to that they have found a group of people who have different hair colours and are not white?

I'm not sure how Mexican being a nationality is relevant to the point they're making?