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Here's a sampling of the political correctness agony that goes on in academia over the concept of "race:"

Does Race Exist? A proponent's perspective by George W. Gill. (he says "yes")
Does Race Exist? An antagonist's perspective by C. Loring Brace. (he says "no")
RACE DOESN’T EXIST . (this discusses both views)

42 posted on 12/21/2002 9:38:22 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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I think race can exist but it depends on how someone wants to define it. We're still all descended from the same people (group or couple depending on evolution or creationism), it still takes making some kind of cut-off ---in time or geography and it all seems very arbitrary where you'd make the cut-offs.
48 posted on 12/21/2002 11:15:41 AM PST by FITZ
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To: PatrickHenry
Here's a sampling of the political correctness agony that goes on in academia over the concept of "race:"

Which of those are biologists?

Answer: none.

Race is subjective. None of the blowhards arguing can be wrong or right fully. They are simply arguing semantics and personal opinion, not science or facts.

There are genetic facts which are that race cannot be determined or defined genetically. There are markers that can be clustered and compared to pre-defined populations that roughly correlate with geographic regions.

Unfortunately I realize you do not understand any of this.

101 posted on 12/22/2002 9:41:17 AM PST by tallhappy
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