Why race is not a thing, according to genetics

I’ve never read the Catstitution, but most of their laws appear to be about lap access, the right to bear claws, and the subjugation of humanity. I’d be surprised if they regulated anything that didn’t have to do with warm napping places and easy access to smallish meaty things that don’t run away.

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Hmm. I kind of doubt it - but it would explain a thing or two.

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Cynic - Originated around 1540–50 From Latin Cynicus (cynic philosopher), from Ancient Greek Κυνικός (Kynikós) (literally doglike, currish). :wink:

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I’ll take that as a confirmation, then.

Duh, NASCAR.

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As they’re your unstated inferences, if a joke from me reinforces them, that sounds nice for you.

Y’all oughta chill a bit.

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Again, please go read my original comment. Where I said exactly that.

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Your comment came off as if you had not read what I said and was explaining to me the very thing I said in the comment.

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The Red Queen, according to Evolution.

Yes. I know what you wrote. I was agreeing with you. Possibly concurring is the correct term. That’s why I wrote a supporting post and added it as a reply.

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stefon-mm-hmm

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Speak for yourself. Im a beagle.

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Im doing my best, but there is only so much one dude can do. I am calling it quits at three kids.

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A nice meditation on Barbara Field’s work related to race as an ideology:

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I think I understand the point: we find more variation within “races” than between “races.”

Except for the few features we use to define (or approximate?) racial groups.

Where I think people (including me) get hung up is that if you show me 1000 random people from, say, Thailand and 1000 random people from, say, Iceland, I will be able to tell you with (probably) 100% accuracy which country these 2000 people come from. So when people hear “race isn’t a real biological category,” they think, “Huh?”

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