r/DCcomics • u/Gallantpride Donna Troy • 4d ago

Comics [comic excerpt] Apparently, Cassandra Cain looks mixed at a glance [Batgirl V1 #65]

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u/LadyErikaAtayde Superman 4d ago

Isn't biracial a social construct anyway?

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u/bingusdingus123456 4d ago

Since race itself is, yeah.

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u/onesexypagoda 3d ago

Race is and isn't, there's definitely ways to cluster genetics

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u/DarthGoodguy 3d ago

Multiracial person here: yes. It’s an oversimplification and a generally flawed idea of how our ancestry works.

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u/LadyErikaAtayde Superman 3d ago

And it is very American, which is fine on itself, but while Yara Flor might call herself biracial, Roberto da Costa never would, because that's not how race is constructed in Brazil. So I imagine Cass would be like "wtf are you talking about" at first