Dear Black People! Isiah Thomas: "Race is a social construct ... It really does not exist"

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]We we been called everything but American.

[00:00:02]We can but when you when you talk about culture, right? We do have a black culture. Uh and and because we have been classified as black in this system. Um and in this system we've been classified as as negro, colored, black, colored, Afro-American, Afro-Amer- African-American, some other They have us talking race, okay? When there's really race is a social construct, it really doesn't exist. So, when we classify as black, that means that in this system, right?

[00:00:45]You are classifying as someone who doesn't have nationality or claim to the land which they call birthrights. So, the white male has never declassified white male has never had to fight for voting rights. He's never had to fight for equal rights. He's never had to fight for civil rights. He's born with what they call birthrights.