Race is a system of classification of human beings that divides human beings into large subdivisions based upon their anatomical, physical, ethnic, cultural, and geographical differences. There is no biological basis to this system of human classification as all human beings ultimately belong to the same species of Homo sapiens. Race is a concept that is subjective as humans belonging to so called different races can mate and produce human beings naturally.
The last sentence is the true biological definition of a species: a group of organisms that can produce viable offspring that are themselves capable of producing viable offspring. I am sure that you are aware of many examples in your own life of two different races producing a viable offspring which itself has reproduced. (Obama is a case in point.) I am not an anthropologist, but it is very difficult for one to be absolutely certain about the race of remains and it is also difficult for a dentist to do the same with teeth. As to your point about transplants, I am a Medical Technologist and have worked in a hospital Blood Bank. The race of the blood donor is not even known or recorded and the success of a transplant depends only on the ABO and HLA antigen compatibility of the donor and recipient. The following link describes a NHI study done on the effect of race on the survival of liver transplant recipients:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2954674/
I am not saying that you cannot distinguish among the various races and that those differences do not have a basis in heredity, but the differences are not great enough for the creation of a new species. Biologically speaking (and in the eyes of God), there is only one human "race".
Galatians 3:28
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Sorry if I’ve microaggressed you. Maybe I should be sent to a re-education camp to get my thinking straightened out.
What you have posted is taken straight from Critical Race Theory. Look it up. Most of the same people who are also preaching Global Warming, radical environmentalism, microaggression, feminism, and the whole list of leftist causes, and belief systems.
I know for a fact you weren’t teaching this 30 years ago.
The Army Identification Lab in Hawaii processes the remains of GI’s who are just skeletal or fragmented remains, and they are about 99 percent accurate at determining the race of remains that sometimes consist of bone fragments or teeth. You can also look this up as well, even contact them if you wish.
Little story: Back when Critical Race Theory started, our local paper ran a very lengthy column by a Univ Professor proclaiming that races don’t exist, they’re only a “social construct” we are all the same, race is only skin deep, blah blah blah.
On the next page was a story about a black guy waiting for a kidney transplant. According to the article, Kidneys in particular are very hard to transplant between races, because the blood vessels in the kidneys of blacks are much smaller. The guy was waiting and waiting, because not enough blacks are organ donors. This was all medically explained in the article, including rejection rates, etc.
On the front page there was an article about how a human skeleton had been found in a road side ditch. A forensic artist did a sketch of a very Hispanic looking man, just based on his skull measurements. The article also gave an estimated height, weight etc. (the next day a relative came forward to identify the man, who was, indeed, Hispanic.)
Why do you think that the “choke hold” is not supposed to be applied to blacks? It’s because the choke hold when applied to whites results in a temporary loss of consciousness, and almost never results in death. However, the blood vessels in blacks are much smaller, and more easily crushed, and frequently results in death, although it was only meant to result in temporary blackout.
Anyway, Critical Race Theory believers are about as dogged as Global Warming believers. I suspect that you teach this theory because that is what you have been told to teach.
Sometimes this theory actually causes harm. Studies have shown that the gestation period for blacks is shorter than for whites. French doctors were advocating that pre-natal care be instituted about a month earlier than for whites. The Critical Race Theorists went nuts, and demanded that those doctors be expelled from their research labs, because to say that blacks should be treated any different is “racist.”
Yes, there is one human race (species) which in turn, over many thousands of years subdivided into various races(breeds).
Just like there are many breeds of dogs, cats, horses, etc, all of the same species, but with each breed having distinct typical characteristics, such as appearance, temperament, and intelligence.