Assertion: racist's race | /r/HasProperty | social construct
Facets:
value: with no biological basis
type: OTHER
value: entirely
type: DEGREE
value: in this sense
type: OTHER
value: primarily
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Sometimes when people say this, their underlying statement may really be, "Race is a social construct.
text: What makes a group a “race”, if race is social, rather than biological?
text: Well, if races are social groups subject to essentialism, we would have to accept that men and women constitute de facto races!
text: Venter said, "Race is a social concept.
text: In this sense, races are said to be social constructs.
text: Some scholars have challenged the notion that race is primarily a social construction by arguing that race has a biological basis.
text: Race is the social interpretation of how we look in a race-conscious society, and racism is the system that operates on that so-called race to structure opportunity and to assign value.
text: This is all possible because, as Jenée Desmond-Harris explained for Vox, race is entirely a social construct with no biological basis.
text: See this 2016 article 220 years of census data proves race is a social construct.
text: Race is a social construct, not a biological fact.
text: According to geneticist David Reich, "while race may be a social construct, differences in genetic ancestry that happen to correlate to many of today
text: They thus came to believe that race itself is a social construct, a concept that was believed to correspond to an objective reality but which was believed in because of its social functions.