11 ways race isn’t real
1) Americans embraced the idea of race to make slavery feel okay
2) The way we legally define different races in America can change on a whim
3) Once upon a time, some people from Europe were "not quite white"
4) The government still hasn't figured out a good way to get people to pick a race
5) The race of people of Middle Eastern and North African descent is in limbo
6) Siblings with the same parents can claim different races
7) You're free to change your race in your life, as many times as you want
8) You can't tell by looking at someone what box they check or how they identify
9) Seriously, there's not even a consensus on Obama
10) DNA tests can't measure it
Posted By: robert powell
Thursday, November 20th 2014 at 6:22PM
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