If race is social, race is an amalgam of practices, not proxies like phenotype

Evidence

If we accept that races are not biological but social, then they can be nothing but amalgams of different identities and practices including practices of gender and sexuality, geography, ethnicity, and linguistic identity, as well as the social recognition by other members of the race. Even if we often use proxies for race such as phenotype, color, class, or cultural markers, these can be deceptive. Rachel Dolezal, after all, was able to pass for Black with surprising ease even though she was once a white child. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 89

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines race, once denaturalized, as an amalgam of practices and social recognition rather than fixed markers — key definitional building-block for the racecraft argument.
• XREF: connects to: Racism is real but race is only an idea manufactured by racist practice.; Race has no scientific basis and is a social myth dating to UNESCO 1950. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 98; Social practice, not genetics, determines racial classification (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Social practice, not genetics, determines racial classification #corroborates (0.85)
• Racial identity functions as practice and intention, not just appearance #expands (0.80)
• Race is a way of being, not merely a set of ideas #expands (0.80)
• Race is a medium that transforms contingent attributes into supposed essences #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 106
• Racism creates races through practice, and the practice hides itself as its own evidence #expands (0.75) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 322
• Race functions as a naturalized line of difference, not merely skin color #qualifies (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 1116