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Constructivism

CONSTRUCTIVISM OR MATERIALISM

"The concept of race is an oppressive cultural invention and convention and I refuse to have anything to do with itÂ… therefore, I have no racial affiliation and will accept no racial designations." This statement made by Naomi Zack, presented to us by Charles W. Mills in his book "Blackness Visible" seems to define for us someone who falls in the category of an Ideal constructivist. She clearly believes that there is indeed no foundation for race and so to acknowledge it produces it. I have always believed myself to be on that end of the spectrum. However reading this statement over and over again and also looking at the different definitions Mills gives us for the other groups; I find myself drifting away from what I once considered or believed myself to be.

What made me think that I was an ideal constructivist was that I highly objected to the way race has been necessary to be stated in many aspects of life from job or school applications,......


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