"We see race not as a physical fact, but as a product of racism. We see racism not as an attitude or state of mind, like bigotry: it’s an action. It’s acting on a double standard, w/ that double standard itself based on ancestry or supposed ancestry." Barbara & Karen Fields 🧵
2/5 Racecraft: "When people act on a racist double-standard regularly — as people do in our society — then race starts to look like something that comes from nature. In other words it turns racism into race, through racecraft."
@FreeBlckThought Disagree. The concept of race did not come from racism. It came from distant populations encountering each other and noticing physical differences and making assumptions. Belief in races def predates racism.
@FreeBlckThought I find it hard to talk about race without giving credence to the idea that it is real. How does one go about dissembling a thing that does not exist—without bringing it into existence through that act?
@FreeBlckThought 🤯🤯🤯 always thought the same, but never ever explained it so greatly. Thank you for this thread! I'll learn more about them too