Re: OMG some SERIOUS racism on TV

Mike <mikejc563@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: You're kind of dogding the question Justin.

Let's not lose track of the original question which was about whether
"breeds" of humans exist.

I pointed out that the answer is "no" because we don't breed humans. I
mentioned that there are definitely genetic differences in various
groupings of people but that it's difficult to tell whether those
differences have a qualitative difference because of cultural
complications.

So now I've rather lost track of what the questions are that various
posters are asking. You pose several good questions:

: What trends do you find
: in certain cultural groups? White middle-class youths vs. Black Inner-
: city youths for example? And their behavior: Is it simply a result
: of their environment? Their 'status'? Their 'upbringing'? Group
: dynamics?

And seem to summarize:

: All that aside do you think there is any behavioral pattern
: that is distinctive to their race?

Then you ask:

: Or are you simply convoluting that question with 'well there are too
: many factors to tell...'?

Why is it "convoluting" it to say that there are too many factors to tell?
What if there simply are too many factors? Nobody here (unless somebody
is a social anthropologist) is in a position to answer this question and
even amongst scientists who study this stuff, this is a very difficult
question.

Justin

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