inquiline on Nostr: Saw a post that said gender & race should be removed from govt ids because it's none ...
Saw a post that said gender & race should be removed from govt ids because it's none of the govt's business and...they should be removed, but these categories exist in their modern form, replete with checkboxes on official forms, because they and "the government's business" co-constitute each other
(am incredibly tired, tapping in Foucault)
ETA, US passports & state ID's have gender on them but not race
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2025-02-22 06:45:17Event JSON
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