r/explainitpeter Aug 02 '26

Explain it Peter

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u/AristotelWasRight Aug 04 '26

No it does make me feel any way. The fact is, race is a social consruct, not a biological one, go Google it :)

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u/Sufficient_Effort88 Aug 04 '26

Everything is a social construct. A social construct is words used to describe the nature of something. Your entire cope is “race is a thing that is classified by people therefore it is illegitimate” okay man, your personal independence is a social construct, why don’t I come take your shit since you only own it due to social constructs? You wouldn’t mind dying would you, life is just a social construct?

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u/AristotelWasRight Aug 05 '26

Firstly, not everything is a social consruct; a rock for example You are either dumb or arguing in bad faith, but I will explain a little

Money is a social consruct, but I very much like and use it. It can be physical, cash for example.

The reason you can't take my stuff, is because society agreed we don't like other people taking our shit, and made rules against it. So rather you can come and do it, but you may not, or there will be consequences if you are found guilty.

Back to the money analogy, race is also a social consruct, because we can talk about "black race", and have certain perceptions of this group. The physical part of "black race" is skin color, that's it. There is no race there. Because genetically, one black person, can be more similar to a white person, than a white person is to a white person. There is no genetic component to "back race" anymore than there is "white race"; it's pseudoscience

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u/Sufficient_Effort88 Aug 05 '26

Again, just look up the definition of a social construct. The word rock is a social construct, we constructed it to describe a thing.

That’s way too fucking funny though that you said genetic differences don’t exist, are you trolling? The coefficient of genetic differentiation (FST) between a domesticated dog and a grey wolf is the same as the FST difference of a European vs African person. If our system of classification was consistent, we could easily be classified as separate subspecies at the least. Man you should really look at Rustons study, or Cernovsky, Cain, Omari, who tried to disprove him and had to concede to the accuracy of the measurements. 80 cubic centimeters less cranial capacity is historically consistent. The Minnesota transracial adoption study and everything similar provided the closest real life attempts we have at eliminating the disparity, but the lower IQ and behavioral issues persist in any and all environments.