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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Germans aren't a "race".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

The joke doesn't work with caucasian.

But you are right I should have used country.... I will change that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Much appreciated

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Also it doesn't work because it's not an insult though, unless the "German" in question is actually a yank, and gets offended as an actual hobby

[–] wieson -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Caucasian isn't a race either. We're all the human race.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Race doesn't exist in human biology. Genetically a caucasian could be closer to an aborigine than another caucasian, what we perceive as race are relatively unimportant and tiny parts of our genetic makeup.

However, race exists as a signifier in social studies, because people experience the world and are treated differently when they have different race-perception. For example black men driving expensive cars will be pulled over more frequently. Hence race exists as a social concept because people treat it like it exists in more than just that.