How do Races of people exist?
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Originally Posted by Chiung,Oct 19 2009, 05:46 AM
Race is nothing more than breed, just not politically correct.
The genetic distinctions between two breeds (of dogs, for example) are much greater than the genetic distinctions between two races (of people).
There's a continuum of genetic distinction:
Change a few genes and you have different eye color or hair type.
Change a few more and you have different races.
Change a few more and you have different breeds.
Change a few more and you have different subspecies.
Change a few more and you have different species.
Change a few more and you have different genera.
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Change a few more and you have different phyla.
Change a few more and you have different kingdoms.
The dividing line between which genetic changes constitute, say, a different species and which constitute a different genus is unclear.
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how do races of people exist?
lets see, usually they start out as an event for charity, like breast cancer or any kind of cancer for that matter, anyway, there are always some group of douchebags that have to show off their chest hair and say they're going to beat everyone, people who do it for the charity usually walk some just pay the money but sit on the sidelines just to trip the douchebags, like me
what wrong kind of race? oh well it was a dumbass question anyway
lets see, usually they start out as an event for charity, like breast cancer or any kind of cancer for that matter, anyway, there are always some group of douchebags that have to show off their chest hair and say they're going to beat everyone, people who do it for the charity usually walk some just pay the money but sit on the sidelines just to trip the douchebags, like me
what wrong kind of race? oh well it was a dumbass question anyway
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Originally Posted by tapout2000,Oct 19 2009, 12:40 PM
So now every time a black person calls me racist I can just say "I have no problems with humans what-so-ever! Some of my best friends are human!"
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Originally Posted by magician,Oct 19 2009, 12:29 PM
Race and breed are not synonymous.
The genetic distinctions between two breeds (of dogs, for example) are much greater than the genetic distinctions between two races (of people).
There's a continuum of genetic distinction:
Change a few genes and you have different eye color or hair type.
Change a few more and you have different races.
Change a few more and you have different breeds.
Change a few more and you have different subspecies.
Change a few more and you have different species.
Change a few more and you have different genera.
.
.
.
Change a few more and you have different phyla.
Change a few more and you have different kingdoms.
The dividing line between which genetic changes constitute, say, a different species and which constitute a different genus is unclear.
The genetic distinctions between two breeds (of dogs, for example) are much greater than the genetic distinctions between two races (of people).
There's a continuum of genetic distinction:
Change a few genes and you have different eye color or hair type.
Change a few more and you have different races.
Change a few more and you have different breeds.
Change a few more and you have different subspecies.
Change a few more and you have different species.
Change a few more and you have different genera.
.
.
.
Change a few more and you have different phyla.
Change a few more and you have different kingdoms.
The dividing line between which genetic changes constitute, say, a different species and which constitute a different genus is unclear.
Do you have any references for this I can read online? I tend to agree with what you stated but would like to find some sources. Much of what I found online flatly denies the existence of race as a biological construct and presents it as merely a social one. However, those sources tend to have a political rather than scientific bias.
My feeling is that race has both a biological and social basis.
I found this but it is not easy for a layman like myself to read:
http://people.oregonstate.edu/~kapla...hilSc-race.pdf
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Originally Posted by MikeyCB,Oct 19 2009, 01:35 PM
Most black people are lactose intollerant.
Knowledge bomb.
Knowledge bomb.
Only scandanavians and Indians (East) have the enzyme to digest lactose beyond puberty.
Did that blow your mind?
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Originally Posted by cthree,Oct 19 2009, 11:32 PM
Mikey!
Only scandanavians and Indians (East) have the enzyme to digest lactose beyond puberty.
Did that blow your mind?
Only scandanavians and Indians (East) have the enzyme to digest lactose beyond puberty.
Did that blow your mind?
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Keep in mind that there are so many "breeds" of dogs because man bred them. All pure breeds are man made so to speak. Man decided he/she liked a trait present in a dog and bred that trait over and over until now you have a dog that has those specific traits, breed it with another dog with those traits and you end up with offspring to carry on those man-chosen traits. Dog breeders pay mucho dinero to breed their pure-bred dog with another pure-bred to ensure the "look" is passed on. English bulldogs, french poodles, etc... all look the way they do because they were "bred" by humans to. Without humans manipulating them, dogs won't have the hundreds of traits unique to each "breed" that are not actually functional or effective in the wild such as flat faces, ultra short legs, hair that covers the eyes if not groomed. Look at the African wild dog, the dingo in Australia, north american wolves, ...they all take on traits that work best in their environment (natural selection), and you don't see the huge variation in design that man creats.
