#_Riled about apparent trending of 'transracial' identity, which from the reaction, seems to represent an affront. #PleaAWorldOfSimpleStableFixedOperations #CatchcryIdentityPolitics

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Supplementary 'race' as a #EpistemologySociallyConstructed.ion #WebsiteTheConversationJoAdetunji "The idea that identities are constructed and performed has gained credence in recent decades, not least associated with the academic Judith Butler's ideas around 'performativity' - the idea that gender roles, in particular, are largely performed as a result of acculturation and expectation rather than representing innate characteristics. But racial identities - and race as we understand it - were constructed in support of a political caste system in a way that gendered identities were largely not, and are wholly bound up in recent legacies of slavery and colonialism." https://theconversation.com/the-contradiction-at-the-heart-of-rachel-dolezals-transracialism-75820 #IRLActivistRachelDolezal #IRLPhilosopherJudithButler #TheoryPerformativity #MetaphorPurityRaceTransracialism #OrgUSNtlAssociationForTheAdvancementOfColoredPeopleNAACP