Tuesday, 5 May 2009

What is a white Person?

And, in addition to that, a black person?/yellow person?/red person? etc etc etc.

Now, as I've already discussed, race is not a biological reality but is merely a social construct. So how does one determine race? Simple, it's all a matter of opinion. Alot of the "counter-racists" (there's an oxymoron if there ever was one!) on thecode.net will go down the "How do you know you are a "white person" route?" and attempt to get you to say "Because I say I am" and trust me, that's the right answer! Indeed, it's the only answer that makes any sense. Allow me to demonstrate:

Since it is impossible to biologically determine your race, people hold an opinion about which race they belong to, this opinion is formed after comparing oneself to other people in society. In general, people will choose to belong to the "race" they most resemble. Note: It 'aint nothing to do with behaviour, these decisions are based on physical appearance. Therefore, a white person has made the decision that he is white, because he shares the physical characteristics (especially skin colour) of other people whom society has classified as "white people". The same formula can be followed for black people, asian people et al. We also make these decisions about other people, again based on physical appearance.

Now, don't let anyone sell you this shit: "Non-white people cannot tell who white people are, they have to ask" This is patently untrue. On more than one occasion in my life alone, I have been attacked by black people (who didn't ask me if I was white) who made the decision that I was a white person based on my physical appearance (I didn't say a word to them, or even look at them, so it aint behaviour) and also made the decision that I should be injured due to my physical appearance. This pretty much dispells another Fullerite argument right there. There was no way for these black people to know I was a white person unless they made the decision themselves.

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