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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
I'm not quite sure I understand your question. Since the genome project, science has discarded the concept of "race" entirely. There is only commonality of genetic markers. For instance, I am a white male. I have more in common genetically with a black male than I do with a white female.
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Saying there is no "race" is as simplistic as saying that the races should stay separate. It just ain't that clear. Humans are one species and have more in common with each other than with other species, and the species are clearly demarcated genetically. Within the species there are sub groupings -- genetic and biological subgrouping-- but those sub groupings aren't always strongly delineated. Furthermore, as Dexter (not used in a derogatory sense!) points out, there are sociological and cultural factors that further add to the confusion. It's a knotty, complicated question, and to say "there is no such thing as race" is just too easy.
I'll get off my soap box now and let someone else climb on and rant for a while.
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I'm glad you jumped in on this one. I was contemplating just exactly what words to use when I called bull****! You saved me the trouble.
Mr. Dexter, a famous old Swiss saying holds that: When the map and the terrain disagree, trust the terrain. When idealistic old codgers try to use scientific-sounding arguments to deny the existence of what clearly does exist, trust what exists.