According to Liberal Ideologies, Is Race a Social Construct that can be Fluid?

The argument for race being as fluid as gender hinges on the idea that both are socially constructed categories, shaped more by cultural, historical, and personal contexts than by fixed biological truths. Here’s a concise case:

Social Construction

Like gender, race is not a purely biological fact. Genetic variation between humans is minimal (about 0.1%), and racial categories like "Black," "White," or "Asian" are based on arbitrary markers like skin color or ancestry, which don’t map neatly onto genetic reality. These categories have shifted over time—e.g., Irish and Italian immigrants to the U.S. were once considered non-White, but now are broadly seen as White. Gender, similarly, is rooted in societal norms around sex but varies across cultures and eras (e.g., non-binary roles in some historical societies).

Self-Identification

Just as individuals can identify with a gender that differs from their assigned sex at birth, people can adopt racial identities that don’t align with external perceptions or ancestry. For example, someone with mixed heritage might identify as Black, White, or multiracial based on personal experience, community ties, or cultural affinity, regardless of how society "assigns" their race. Rachel Dolezal’s controversial case, where she identified as Black despite White ancestry, illustrates this fluidity, mirroring how trans individuals navigate gender identity.

Cultural and Contextual Variability

Racial boundaries shift by context, much like gender roles. In Brazil, racial categories are more fluid and tied to appearance than ancestry, unlike the U.S.’s rigid "one-drop" rule historically. Someone might be "White" in one country but "Brown" in another. Similarly, gender norms—e.g., what’s "masculine"—vary across cultures, showing both are malleable.

Lived Experience Over Biology

Proponents argue that lived experience trumps biological determinism. If someone is racialized as Black due to their appearance or upbringing, their identity as Black can be as valid as someone’s gender identity based on their internal sense of self, even if it conflicts with societal or biological expectations.

The DEI Killer

If liberal ideology makes things like gender and race fluid, then it completely destroys any concept of diversity, equity and inclusion. If anyone can identify as anything, then DEI is non-existentent and un-necessary. Examples would be: if a company wants to hire a woman for a position, but hires a man who identifies as a woman; or if a company wants to hire a minority race and a white man identifies as a minority, the entire construct of DEI has collapsed due to the liberals' ideologies about social constructs and fluidity within them.

Conclusion

The entire liberal idea of an "assigned" gender or race at birth, as opposed to a more scientific physical designation based on genitalia, creates a major conundrum for the entire DEI ideology the left continues to push. This is proof positive that the concepts are not constructed very well and are meant to do nothing but create confusion within a person who may be struggling with their own identity. This entire experiment of fluidity is a blatant failure and has caused more damage in society than it has caused remedy. The question is, should it be completely removed from society, after showing such disastrous results? Should the government be using taxpayer funding for such fringe ideologies? Many people believe it should be removed. President Donald Trump seems to be correcting the direction of these dangerous experiments. We will see what happens.