Before we can think about the world logically, we must divide the
world in to objects. Logic is the process of assuming functional
relationships between objects and infering new relations from what we
already know. This means that the truth that we infer logically,
depend on the objects that we assume to exist, and the fundamental
relations we draw between them.
Critical theory focus on deconstructing ontologies and reconstructing
them, so that this new ontological description of reality infers a
truth that is moral. This is a mistake.
Subjectivity is not a result of our free will, we cannot escape it. It
is not moral, or amoral. Subjectivity is not a voluntary process.
When we create ontologies, it is so that the world around us, as we
experiene it, makes sense. Our ontological understanding of the
universe is not objective, it is born out of a human perspective.
So what if race is not a biologial reality? It doesn't matter. Because
it exist as a social and historical phenomena. Man is a spiritual
creature after all.
It is impossible for us to understand the civil rights movement,
without the idea of race. It is impossible to understand the slave
trade to america. It is impossible to understand racism, and
anti-racism without the idea of race. It is impossible to understand
black lives matter, or other contemporary political movements without
the idea of race.
Racaial categories are important for us to understand our history, and
our presens, regardless of the biologial reality or how it shapes our
understanding of the world and whether that world is moral.
