What are your thoughts/ counter arguments on this post perpetuating the standard "White's do not exist as a race/ Whiteness was made up in the US" leftist narrative?

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[–]DragonerneJesus is white 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If Whites don't exist, then how can White privilege and White fragility exist?

If Whites don't exist, then white privilege can still be a thing. Let's say race didn't exist as a biological reality, but people THINK race does exist, so they treat people differently based on skin color. This is what they mean when they say it.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

people THINK race does exist, so they treat people differently

If race is a only a social construct, and people think white people are treated differently, i.e. "white privilege", then they are admitting white people are a racial category, based on their own definition of race as a social construct.

[–]DragonerneJesus is white 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

then they are admitting white people are a racial category

Yes but not a biological category. They do believe that whites as a social race is real.

[–]Blackbrownfreestuff 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

They do believe that whites as a social race is real

Sort of. White racial identity is argued to be irrelevant, illegitimate, nonsense, whereas black racial identity is "black sunshine".