Race is an unstable, fully-fledged social fact like class or gender

Evidence

Because racial formation processes are dynamic, the racial regime remains unstable and contested. We cannot step outside of race and racism, since our society and our identities are constituted by them; we live in racial history. Race is a vast and variegated theme. Any racial theory is a workinprogress. Race is a factor not only in politics and history, but also in economy, culture, experience …;itisa fullyfledged social fact like class or gender. — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 140

Categorization

• XREF: Aligns with Omi and Winant’s core thesis threading through the whole book that race is a social construction yet a real social fact. — connects to: Intersectionality fails because it assumes race and gender categories stay fixed; Race is a culturally invented discursive category used to inferiorize groups. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 1106; Race has no scientific basis and is purely social convention — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 98 (+1 more)