Re: Reid says Obama and McCain have cut illegal alien amnesty deal, get ready to fight

" krp" <krp34@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:ij30l.1194$7I6.660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:


"Deadrat" <a@xxxxx> wrote in message
news:3P_%k.8076$as4.4256@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The term exists, obviously, because people use the term. It
also has numerous definitions. This is hardly
controversial.

*You* first denied the existence of race.

I still do. I don't deny the ability of people to define
arbitrary classifications of people that they CALL "race".

Are you seriously suggesting that race classifications are
"arbitrary"

Yes.

What "race" is Obama? He is usually labeled "black", but has
at least as much European ancestry as African.

They DO have classifications for mixed races you know BOBBY.
You're busy arguing against things like DNA...

This country uses self-description for most racial
classifications, and self-description is indeed "arbitrary".
The only legal definitions used for race in our history
involved the "one drop rule", where someone was black if there
was any identified African ancestor any time in their ancestry.
By the one drop rule, it has been estimated that something
like 30% of self-described "white" Americans who had an
ancestor in this country before the civil war are legally
"black". And of course, ultimately ALL of us have African
ancestry by the prevalent scientific analysis on human origins.

Bobby - there is a HUGE difference between discussions of
race at your
KLAN meetings and the Aryan Nations, and what is discussed by
geneticists.

Geneticists don't much discuss race, which is mostly a social
construct. The reason is that the genetic diversity within
nominal races is as great as the diversity between races.

They DO and so do ANTHROPOLOGISTS.

No they don't, and neither do anthropologists. Race is mostly a
social construction. What don't you understand about the statement
that genetic diversity within nominal races is as great as the
diversity between races?

<YAWN> Diversionary from evolutionists.

OK, you didn't understand it.

http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Race

I hope you don't mind if I don't bother to read a psychology entry in
a wiki for my information on biology.

I am 2,000% sure that YOU won't read ANY source that disputes YOUR
RIGID
BELIEFS RATBOI!

You're 2000% sure of everything, most of it wrong. Your own sources
agree with me.

Go figure.
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Reid says Obama and McCain have cut illegal alien amnesty deal, get ready to fight
    ... arbitrary classifications of people that they CALL "race". ... They DO have classifications for mixed races you know BOBBY. ... identified African ancestor any time in their ancestry. ... The reason is that the genetic diversity within nominal ...
    (misc.legal)
  • Re: Reid says Obama and McCain have cut illegal alien amnesty deal, get ready to fight
    ... arbitrary classifications of people that they CALL "race". ... least as much European ancestry as African. ... They DO have classifications for mixed races you know BOBBY. ... The reason is that the genetic diversity within nominal ...
    (misc.legal)
  • Re: Kling of KKKrap
    ... The current euphemisms in genetics and genomics are "population", ... from four populations with African, Asian, and European ancestry." ... these classifications are entirely congruent with races (by ... "Asian" they mean Chinese and Japanese - ie Oriental or "Mongoloid"). ...
    (sci.anthropology)
  • Re: Kling of KKKrap
    ... >> is a reference to the hypothetical geography of the ancestry and not ... The claim is that the scientific article is referring to races. ... Science doesn't care much about social races. ...
    (sci.anthropology)
Loading