So, as a white person, I cannot pass as black, so I can never expect people to treat me like I'm black?
Don't get me wrong, I think the idea is silly, but all the arguments I've seen in this thread are a word-swap away from being a bad argument against transgender people.
What's the essential difference?
Problem is that “race” isn’t just cultural. How you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “race” and subsequently it will shape your life reality
But surely how you will be treated definitely depends on how other people perceive your “gender” and subsequently it will shape your life reality?
Everything you described up there sounds exactly like "cultural."
Information flow can never go backwards. There's plenty of examples of reporters or even social media compromising military operations. In at least a few cases, it has lead to the destruction of military assets. Once broadcast, the damage is done.
Trying to force reporters to think hard about what they are broadcasting is a good thing, from the point of view of national defence.
Is it normal to allow people to send military information to your enemy?
I'm not a huge fan of either of the two belligerent, but this is not exactly an unreasonable position to take. And they are at least putting reporters on notice.
Wood.
I picked it up from an episode of Deep Space Nine. Good times.
The US is obligated by law,
Yea, that's a law we passed, right? One which we could repeal, too?
I thought I was wrong, once. But I was mistaken.
And we provide Israel weapons to bomb Gaza.
We used to have an agreement, didn't we? What happened to it?
Oh. Right.
Are they running out of people to murder in Gaza? Or do they just need someone to fight back, so they can look oppressed?
I'm advised that there is no scientific or genetic basis for race. I'm a little unclear on how "ethnicity" is different from "race."
All of them seem to be social constructs.