[lbo-talk] Group identification

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Group identification
> 
> I know it's almost trivially true, but if a group of
> people socially identify themselves as members of
> group X, and they are treated by others as members
> of
> that distinct group, the group for all practical,
> social purposes is "real. . . . ."

The "Aryan race"? 

Doesn't there have to bne some further condition that
the beliefs that are core to the identification can't
be based on manifestly and provably false assumptions
for the group to be "real"?

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