Made Up Things Are Real

Jennifer R. Povey
2 min readJan 4, 2022
Photo by Jeremy Beck on Unsplash

Wasn’t sure what to write today as I am snowed in and miserable.

Then somebody informed me they don’t believe in race. It’s made up.

This is a profound and common misunderstanding of “Race is a social construct.” It’s true…there’s more genetic difference, typically, between two people from different parts of Africa than between either of them and a typical European. Yes, even with all that mating…

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Jennifer R. Povey

I write about fantasy, science fiction and horror, LGBT issues, travel, and social issues.