1 It is not, and never has been, true that the Hyaenidae is a family distinguished by scavenging. 2  Of the four species alive today-the Aardwolf and the Spotted, Striped and Brown Hyaenas-only the latter two are full-time scavengers.
Social Construction of Whiteness. Race is not based on genetics. Race as a social construction. Biologization of culture replaced genetic arguments, but is equally flawed. Differences between different races defended as genetic, now debunked. Changing constructions throughout U.S. history. Whiteness is a social construction. The result of an infinite number of daily interactions between people in a society. History of de jure and de facto racial privilege and oppression in U.S. Unearned, systematic privileges accrued as a result of being white.
Ethnicity is a Social Construction Too. February 24, 2013 â¢ Zulema â¢ capitalism, ethnic groups, Hispanic, identities, Latinos, white privilege, whiteness. Tweet. Those of us who study racial and ethnic relations in the United States recognize that race is a social construction.n other words, her racial identity is White (she mentions that âNo one considers [me] Hispanicâ), although she has on occasion identified as Hispanic for instrumental reasons. Either way, the social construction of race is apparent here.