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multigraincracker

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6. Skin pigment is not a choice.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 7, 2026, 09:44 AM

19 hrs ago

Skin pigment has nothing to do with race unless you are referring to the human race.
How much pigment does it take? Is there a cut off point. There are Eskimos that are darker than some that identify as Black. I’m just opposed to oppression by skin pigment.
But that’s just me. I know I can’t change the world. I can offer ideas to think about.

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A thought I'd like to pass along. [View all] multigraincracker 20 hrs ago OP

Racism is based on the social construct of race, so it's not "incorrect." WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #1

My thought is to correct that construct. multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #4

I don't understand trying to "correct" a construct. Assuming different races have different genetic makeups certainly WhiskeyGrinder 19 hrs ago #5

Respectably disagree. Ferrets are Cool 20 hrs ago #2

Definition of bigotry should be consulted bucolic_frolic 20 hrs ago #3

Skin pigment is not a choice. multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #6

Like many words, "race" has more than one meaning. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #7

Words are symbols, not the thing. multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #8

Exactly. Words are our reaction to things. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #9

No. hunter 16 hrs ago #10

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