Subj : Re: race
To : Boraxman
From : jimmylogan
Date : Fri May 23 2025 11:33 am
-=> Boraxman wrote to Arelor <=-
Bo> If I tell you "Robert is Black, Harrison is White and Li is Asian",
Bo> and then I
Bo> give you a photo of three men, people WILL be able to tell who is who
Bo> just from
Bo> those descriptors alone. Even if I photoshop everyone to have the
Bo> same skin
Bo> colour, you'll still be able to tell.
Yep - because we have been taught that dark skin = black race;
light skin = white race; etc.
And yeah, change the skin tone and you'll likely have an easy
time telling from facial features, unless you are looking
at a third or fourth generation 'mixed race.' In that case,
I dare say they may not be as easy to spot!
Bo> This means that race exists. When people select actors for an
Bo> advertisement, for "Diversity", they select on race.
Bo> You cannot then argue it does not exist, when people use racial
Bo> signifiers ROUTINELY and SUCCESSFULLY to categorise people.
My point is that they should NOT do this. People should be
identified by how they ARE and not how they LOOK.
