(10-24-2022, 04:21 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Race is a social construct. Obviously, we're all shades of something, so we recognize there is a difference in tone. The debate we are having is one of categorization. Now that it's convenient for you, you want to hide behind a census that is put together terribly.

Technically, there is no black race. There is no white race. So why do we categorize that way? That only exists in America. So you really think Hispanics identify as black or white? Is your wife white or black? Does that reflect her tone? Her culture? What exactly are we categorizing with that question? Her family origin?

Stop letting these people create the narrative for you.

You can say race is a social construct, and thats not wrong, but, ethnicity is a social construct as well.

But to answer your question, my wife is white, and her family is white. She has a great uncle who came from Cuba to Miami right after Castro came to power and one of his favorite stories from that time is how the bus drivers in Miami would make them sit in the back as if they were black. They were outraged about that. Not about the racial segregation. About being called black.

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