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RACE IS NOT "JUST" A CONSTRUCT

Updated: Dec 14, 2019

Race must be understood as a fictitious category constructed by the ruling class over the course of recent history. What is meant by the commonly misconstrued phrase “race is a construct” is that race has absolutely no biological or physical basis, and instead was invented in service of slavery and colonialism. Race was imagined, written into history, and used as a justification for subjugation. As a result, race has created real social, biological, and material consequences.


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