Racial categorization of the same person varies by time, place, and context

Evidence

Another central identity is race, which CRT and CRF naturally highlight. One tenet of CRT is that race is socially constructed, rather than biologically determined (Lopez, 1997). As a matter of fact, scientists have shown that there are often more genetic similarities across different so-called racial groups than within them. To illustrate how race is socially constructed globally, in the USA I am considered a member of the black race. Both my parents and both sets of grandparents are African Americans. In South Africa, based upon my light skin tone, shape of nose, and wavy hair texture, I am regarded as a Colored or mixed race person. I am far too light to be considered black. When I walk down the street there with my partner, who is a dark-skinned black American, we are considered an interracial couple. In Brazil, I discovered I am considered white! Only the darkest people of relatively unmixed African descent are considered black. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1171 (#expands, via linked claim)

One tenet of CRT is that race is socially constructed, rather than biologically determined (Lopez, 1997). As a matter of fact, scientists have shown that there are often more genetic similarities across different so-called racial groups than within them. To illustrate how race is socially constructed globally, in the USA I am considered a member of the black race. Both my parents and both sets of grandparents are African Americans. In South Africa, based upon my light skin tone, shape of nose, and wavy hair texture, I am regarded as a Colored or mixed race person. I am far too light to be considered black. When I walk down the street there with my partner, who is a dark-skinned black American, we are considered an interracial couple. In Brazil, I discovered I am considered white! Only the darkest people of relatively unmixed African descent are considered black. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1171 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Race, class, and nationality condition how objects are revealed to me.; Who counts as mixed varies situationally, not by phenotype alone — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1164; Race when invoked to categorize humans almost invariably operates as threat and disruption — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1842 (+23 more)

Broader Connections

• A single person’s racial classification shifts across national contexts #expands (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1171
• The same person is classified as different races across national contexts #expands (0.94) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1171