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Message: [QUOTE="Nolwazi Kwayedza, post: 16154, member: 949"] Social constructs are things that do not exist objectively, however they are a result of human interaction. In layman's terms, they are "make-believe things," and why is this? Well, because years ago and out of thin air some deceased human beings thought it was important that certain "things" should exist for segregation purposes e.g., race, tribalism, etc. [TABLE] [TR] [TH][CENTER]Other examples of social constructs[/CENTER][/TH] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Gender[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Laws[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Marriage[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Money[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Countries[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Race[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Ethnicity[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Nationality[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Culture[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]Etiquette[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][CENTER]etc.[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] You also have to know that [I]race[/I] as a social construct depends on where you are, for example, in the United States of America if you are mixed ("[URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/resources/kedha.113/']biracial[/URL]") i.e., half black and half white you are considered black because of the one-drop rule. On the other hand, that is, in the Republic of Zimbabwe if you are half black and half white you are considered colored (or [I]mukaradhi[/I]) therefore technically you are not black nor are you considered African ([I]unongonzi nevanhu uri mukedha[/I]). If people want to be rude in Zimbabwe they will explicitly say [I]uri musanganiswa[/I] meaning "you are a product of racial mixing" obviously that phrase it's derogatory. M'kay, umm, back to the lecture at hand, Gemma Griffith is [I]white[/I] ("in terms of race") and [I]European[/I] ("in terms of ancestral heritage"), as for nationality this comes down to her current citizenship at the moment ("status quo"). Just because someone was born in Zimbabwe doesn't mean they will remain a Zimbabwean citizen because through the process of naturalization they can change that to something else wherever they go. So nationality isn't just about where you are born and this is something that confuses a lot of people. But bear in mind that nationality and ethnicity can overlap in some cases. Don't forget that dual citizenship may come into play. For example, a person with African or Asian parents born in the Republic of Ireland is Irish in terms of nationality but is not Irish if we are talking about ethnicity or heritage, whereas a person whose both parents are of Irish descent is likewise Irish both in terms of nationality and ethnicity. P.S. It's extremely racist to say that one can only be a certain nationality if one belongs to a particular ethnicity. That's why for instance, all people born in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland are British but that doesn't mean to say that if you are British you are English in terms of ethnicity. I think I have explained enough, haven't I? [/QUOTE]

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