Construct Archives - The Race Card Project

Racism is a consequential social construction.

October 15, 2024 Construct, Libby Larsen, PA, pittsburgh

Libby Larsen,
Pittsburgh, PA

Why do you have hazel eyes?

March 15, 2021February 14, 2022 Assumption, AZ, Black, Construct, eyes, Gilbert, hazel, identity, Jonscott Williams, passing, white

Jonscott Williams,
Gilbert, AZ.

This is the question either asked, or thought but unasked, by people both Black and White. This is connected to the assumption that one of my parents is White … neither is, though an early ancestor was. Some Black people have questioned whether I was “Black enough” … some Whites have told me that they don’t “see” my race, as if that is a complement. As I’ve gotten older I realize that race is a construct, an encompassing method of identity with unwritten rules that we all seem to think we know.

Greed invented Race for economic gain.

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 Construct, greed, Mark Ritchie, NC, Race, Salisbury

Mark Ritchie,
Salisbury, NC

Race was constructed by white men

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Aspen X, basis, CA, California, Construct, important, Oakland, Race, Robert Symens Bucher, socail, society, USA, white men

Robert Symens Bucher,
Oakland, CA.
Aspen X

I am a white man, and I realize that the concept of race was created by people like myself a long time ago. The purpose of race was to create a tiered society in which white people had superiority to the other races. It is important for all races to recognize there is no scientific basis for race.

Salad topped with melted American nightmare

July 22, 2019August 18, 2020 American, analogy, Construct, Hyung Nam, melting pot, nightmare, OR, Portland, salad

Hyung Nam
Portland, OR

Melting pot was for the construction of whiteness

My world told me I’m Black.

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 CO, community, Construct, Denver, difference, factors, I'm black, ideas, incentives, oppressive, Robert Franklin, system, youth

Robert Franklin,
Denver, CO.

Race is a construct we all have a part in teaching to our youth. Yes, we are a part of a system, yes we are just individuals working to make the best as good as it can be, yes the oppressive ideas and incentives that keep race and other factors of difference prominent decision-making tools in our communities and countries. So what are you gonna do about it?

My creativity eludes definition by color

August 6, 2018August 6, 2018 Color, Construct, creative, deinition, Jay Fluellen, PA, Philadelphia

Jay Fluellen
Philadelphia, PA

I am an African American male who teaches in the public school system in Philadelphia. I constantly defy the comprehension of my predominately African American students by talking without cursing, listening to classical music, using words they don’t understand and by dressing professionally. I push passed all of this to teach them that there is not one way to be black. Black is superficial racial construct. I constantly use my self as a role model for what they can attain in their lives. I have been married to the same women for 21 years. I have my doctorate. I am loyal to the institutions I work for, having served as the Minister of Music at the African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas for 16 years. I am a diligent life long learner. It is my hope that when my students see these qualities in me, they will see them as possibilities for themselves in their future.

Physical and mental construct that separates :o(

July 9, 2018 Blacksburg, Construct, friends, imagine, mental, non-sighted, physical, Roger Steinberg, separate, sight, VA

Roger Steinberg,
Blacksburg, VA.

I’ve worked with non-sighted individuals. If we took everyone’s sight away for a years and had them meet one another, then gave it back, imagine the shock at some of the friends all would have!

Societally constructed by those in power

June 26, 2018 Boulder, CO, Construct, Eve Wesson, Power, society

Eve Wesson,
Boulder, CO.

Made-up human construct heavy with reality

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 Cameron Miller, Construct, Geneva, human construct, made-up, NY, reality

Cameron Miller,
Geneva, NY.

A construct designed to divide us

March 3, 2017March 3, 2017 Annette Madden, CA, Concord, Construct, divide

Annette Madden,
Concord, CA.

Race is a misunderstanding of Biology

November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 biology, Coco Smith, Construct, ethnicity, misunderstanding, OR, phenotype, Race, Salem, science

Coco Smith
Salem, OR

A phenotype is not a race. There is only one human race. What people are calling race, is actually ethnicity. That is a cultural binding construct. It is that diversity that makes the world an interesting place. Without it, none of us would be here.

It is a construct with consequences.

September 26, 2016September 26, 2016 CA, consequences, Construct, Krystle Irvine, Los Angeles

Krystle Irvine,
Los Angeles, CA.

Social construct separates, creates “better than”

July 22, 2016July 22, 2016 betther than, Construct, Leicester, Linda Block, NC, social construct

Linda Block,
Leicester, NC.

“Race” is fake; I am not.

March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 atlanta, biology, classify, Construct, Dennie T, DNA, GA, human, negative, race'fake, shallow, society

Dennie T,
Atlanta, GA.

“Race” is a human-concocted, cultural construct that has nothing to do with biology and everything to do with (negative) cultural conditioning in racist societies. Human DNA produces a single species of humans – not multiple races of humans. If we are to have an honest discussion of “race,” we need to educate ourselves about its origins, intentions, and usage — and, with hope, raise consciousness so that people everywhere reject being classified and divided by racist ideology into these fake “racial” categories. When you classify yourself as a “race,” you are adopting destructive beliefs that have been maliciously calculated to make you believe that people are, somehow, inherently different (and they are not) because of (how shallow is this–>) the way that they look. “Race” is anti-intellectual – please reject “race” so that we may move forward to make the world a better place for all.