Explain what sociologists mean when they argue that race is a social construction. Be sure to give a specific, “real-life” example.
Social construct- telling a bunch of stories we made up to assume what someone’s race is or should be, rather than accepting what it really is.
For example: Many people have thought my family to be of Hispanic origin, we are half Italian and half African American so we do have similar features, but they also assume we speak Spanish. I cook a lot of Spanish food and grew up around a lot of Puerto Rican people, my neighbors were Puerto Rican. It does not mean we are Hispanic they choose to think otherwise.
I feel this is an example of social construction because although we are not of Hispanic heritage people
Social construct- telling a bunch of stories we made up to assume what someone’s race is or should be, rather than accepting what it really is.
For example: Many people have thought my family to be of Hispanic origin, we are half Italian and half African American so we do have similar features, but they also assume we speak Spanish. I cook a lot of Spanish food and grew up around a lot of Puerto Rican people, my neighbors were Puerto Rican. It does not mean we are Hispanic they choose to think otherwise.
I feel this is an example of social construction because although we are not of Hispanic heritage people