• sqworl

    Dear Edward Chomka,

    I find it interesting that the majority of those who claim that “race” does not exist as a biological construct is outside of a racial category that has been or is historically discriminated against in the United States. However, let’s accept that premise and move *beyond* the idea that race is not a biologically determined fact. It does not negate the fact that race is a fact, and that it acts to separate one from another.

    The fact that I am discriminated against from the beginning because of the color of my skin, the fact that I am made to feel as though I have to question my qualifications every time I am admitted into an institution, and the fact that I have been taught since I was five years old to hate everything about myself that shows that I am a “person of color” from my hair to my skin color, proves that despite race not being a “biological” fact, it is a tangible fact that has real implications for minorities in America.