If race doesn't exist.

[Dutch Uncle]

You cannot choose race or gender.

Any more questions, specialie?

Agreed. For one thing, there's no such thing as "race" in terms of genetics. Only culture.

Same goes for sexual preference. The only choice people have are their actions.

Example: a person may be gay, but chooses to live as a heterosexual. People don't turn gay, but after 40 years of marriage, they may decide to come out as gay, divorce the spouse and move in with a homosexual mate.

I don't know as much about the "gender" issue. How much is cultural and how much is gender preference. I'm inclined to believe that prepubescent children don't know what "gender" they are.

 

[Nordberg]

If Race didn't exist then there shouldn't be Racism, just Prejudices.
But, then again that might disrupt a cornerstone of the Leftist agenda.

The left does not hate people of color or minorities. It is the rightys who do. As long as you guys act as terribly as you do toward people of color and people, gays, and others, it is real.

 

[Nordberg]

Oh really!?
What is this legislation based on appearance you speak of!?
Affirmative Action!?

Start with removing the Jim Crow rules. Then move to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that Johnson passed. They were designed to restore the rights that the Repubs took away that were pointed directly at blacks. We still have to deal with redlining and fair-lending laws.

 

[AProudLefty]

Who else besides T. A. Gardner cannot chose his gender, and who will be assigning them their genders?

Nobody.

 

[Flash]

That's the past.

Actually those werent enacted by Republicans.

They were enacted by white (mostly Southern) conservatives.

 

[Flash]

Agreed. For one thing, there's no such thing as "race" in terms of genetics. Only culture.

There are physical differences found in DNA and skeletal structure (although small).

 

[Dutch Uncle]

There are physical differences found in DNA and skeletal structure (although small).

Sure, but there is more variance between members of the same "race" than there are between "races".

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604262/
In 2003, Phase 1 of the Human Genome Project (HGP) demonstrated that humans populating the earth today are on average 99.9% identical at the DNA level, there is no genetic basis for race, and there is more genetic variation within a race than between them

 

[Flash]

Sure, but there is more variance between members of the same "race" than there are between "races".

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604262/
In 2003, Phase 1 of the Human Genome Project (HGP) demonstrated that humans populating the earth today are on average 99.9% identical at the DNA level, there is no genetic basis for race, and there is more genetic variation within a race than between them

Understood. My only point is that there are identifiable biological differences between the races. The differences within each race cannot be distinguished by physical traits.

Chimpanzees share 98.8% of their DNA with humans.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Understood. My only point is that there are identifiable biological differences between the races. The differences within each race cannot be distinguished by physical traits.

Chimpanzees share 98.8% of their DNA with humans.

Like dark skin and flat noses? Do you really believe that defines a "race"?

 

[Flash]

Like dark skin and flat noses? Do you really believe that defines a "race"?

No. It also includes DNA variations and skeletal differences. A skeleton does not show skin color but it can reveal a person's race.

How do you define a race?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

No. It also includes DNA variations and skeletal differences. A skeleton does not show skin color but it can reveal a person's race.

How do you define a race?

Again, the variations between people in a group are greater than those among all people. You are going by superficial characteristics, not science.

I don't because, geneticists will tell you, there's no such thing as races.

https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/science-genetics-reshaping-race-debate-21st-century/
Figure 1: ‘Race’ cannot be biologically defined due to genetic variation among human individuals and populations. (A) The old concept of the “five races:” African, Asian, European, Native American, and Oceanian. According to this view, variation between the races is large, and thus, the each race is a separate category. Additionally, individual races are thought to have a relatively uniform genetic identity. (B) Actual genetic variation in humans. Human populations do roughly cluster into geographical regions. However, variation between different regions is small, thus blurring the lines between populations. Furthermore, variation within a single region is large, and there is no uniform identity.

 

[Truck Fump / h1b]

rac·ism
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noun
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

but it's also racism to disciminate against a majority. "typically" means its not really part of the definition.

 

[IBDaMann]

Question: Can you choose your race like you can choose your gender as the Left keeps telling us about the later...?

You cannot choose race or gender.

Who else besides T. A. Gardner cannot chose his gender, and who will be assigning them their genders?

Nobody.

@T. A. Gardner, you are the only one who doesn't get to choose his gender, apparently.

 

[AProudLefty]

@T. A. Gardner, you are the only one who doesn't get to choose his gender, apparently.

I see that special needs education has failed you once again.

Sure you can change the external appearance of a gender.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

I see that special needs education has failed you once again.

Sure you can change the external appearance of a gender.

Sybil's chosen gender is "Itt". Rumors say it was caused in a horrible cotton mill accident on the plantation when he was young.

 

[Jarod]

Why are Leftists always obsessing about racial injustice, critical race theory, racial equality, affirmative action based on race etc.??

Seems like a vivid hypocrisy & brain fart.

Who said race doesn’t exist?

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Who said race doesn’t exist?

Geneticists, for one. I agree with them.

BTW, BattleofHodow AKA the Polish Retard AKA Witold AKA Pilecki is permbanned due to multiple Rule #14 violations IIRC.

 

[Flash]

Again, the variations between people in a group are greater than those among all people. You are going by superficial characteristics, not science.

Agreed that variations in a group are greater than among all people. But, that does not mean there are not distinguishing characteristics for each group.

What is this definition of "group" you are referring to that has more variations than another "group." What "group" are you talking about.

What is the definition of "race" you are using that does not exist? Maybe you are using an unrealistic concept of race.

 

[Dutch Uncle]

Agreed that variations in a group are greater than among all people. But, that does not mean there are not distinguishing characteristics for each group.

What is this definition of "group" you are referring to that has more variations than another "group." What "group" are you talking about.

What is the definition of "race" you are using that does not exist? Maybe you are using an unrealistic concept of race.

There are differences, but humans are not divided into breeds or races. There's variance due to thousands of years of geographically-based seperation. Still, not enough to qualify as a different race.

IMO, the entire idea of a monarchy is race-based; some people are born to be royalty and some are born to be peasants. I disagree.

How many JPP members will be watching the British coronation? IMO, all the racists will. LOL

 

[Flash]

There are differences, but humans are not divided into breeds or races. There's variance due to thousands of years of geographically-based seperation. Still, not enough to qualify as a different race.

What is required to qualify as a race and what is the basis for this requirement?