“Of course race exsits!”...Why?...Because you say so?...Because culture still decides to divide people based on looks?
“Great Danes and Poodles are both dogs, but they are not the same breed, don't have the same temperment, size, inbred skills or abilities”...I would be care full with statements like this. This is the kind of thinking that supports racist views when it is applied to people. It has led in the past to wholesale murder of some of those groups we call “races”.
I live in the same consensus reality as 95% of other Americans were simple and obvious things like race exist.
It exists for the schools that measure success by race, in the census and demographic studies, in everyday conversation between people. Most everybody I knows has no problem filling out the “race” box on whatever form it’s required on. Many of my friends are quite proud of their race. Almost every Black and Chinese person I know will admit to racial pride. It exists in sports, though its often considered impolite to talk about.
Race is about a lot more than “looks”. Take a look at the finalists in the 100 meter dash at the Olymipics. There hasn’t been a non-black on that starting line since the 1970s.
As for thinking about race and talking about it, many people manage to do so daily without “supporting wholesale murder of those groups we call ;races’”.
So, I will continue to live in the real world where race is one of the inheritences we humans are born with, along with our individual genetics, our nationality, and our cultural setting. Where race is an intersting and useful tool for evaluating different aspects of our society.
And you can continue to profess your weird Scientific American/ Liberal Deconstructionist / Biblically Sanctioned fringe belief that there is no such thing as race.
Funny, almost everyone I’ve met who thinks this is White. Which race is in steep decline worldwide and now constitutes less than 8% of the world population vs. 25% in 1900? The race composed of those who believe race doesn’t exist!
And which race is beat upon by mobs of another race, but still can’t even admit what’s going on? Even when the perps are bragging about “beat whitey night”. To paraphrase the old saying “you may not believe in race, but race believes in you!”.
I think there is no further point in continuing this conversation. You have come very close to invoking Godwin’s Law with your last comment, anyway.