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[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

The joke doesn't work with caucasian.

But you are right I should have used country.... I will change that.

[–] raunz@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago

Much appreciated

[–] Mr_Blott 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also it doesn't work because it's not an insult though, unless the "German" in question is actually a yank, and gets offended as an actual hobby

[–] EherVielleicht@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Some do, like all over the globe...

[–] wieson@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Caucasian isn't a race either. We're all the human race.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

Race doesn't exist in human biology. Genetically a caucasian could be closer to an aborigine than another caucasian, what we perceive as race are relatively unimportant and tiny parts of our genetic makeup.

However, race exists as a signifier in social studies, because people experience the world and are treated differently when they have different race-perception. For example black men driving expensive cars will be pulled over more frequently. Hence race exists as a social concept because people treat it like it exists in more than just that.