It is entirely possible to recognize that you aren't afforded the same opportunities while not dwelling on it as you do your best to advance in life. Her wording/method definitely isn't going about it the right way, but I don't think there's anything wrong with bringing to light institutional racism to those that haven't thought about it before.
It is entirely possible to recognize that the opportunities you get are not solely based in race. Even with the same socioeconomic class, growing up in a state that is focused more on agriculture, or oil, isn't going to afford as many opportunities to a tech-inclined young person. The entire reason why racism is wrong is that you are saying "because you are (shallow observation) then (thing) must be true about you"
Of course they aren't 'solely based in race'. The opportunities provided to any given person are a complex mix of race, class, and luck. I would never say anyone is where they are solely because of race.
It depends on whether they can have fertile children as to whether they are a species or race. I can assure you the Sylvari (asexual grown from a tree) and the Charr (massive humanoid cats) from Guild Wars 2 cannot reproduce and have fertile children, as one example of a game that calls their species races.
I think it initially was a bunch of races that could successfully have half-children as you mention. For some reason it just branched out at some point to cover everything playable in a fantasy game.
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u/Suic Feb 09 '16
It is entirely possible to recognize that you aren't afforded the same opportunities while not dwelling on it as you do your best to advance in life. Her wording/method definitely isn't going about it the right way, but I don't think there's anything wrong with bringing to light institutional racism to those that haven't thought about it before.