Geneticists expose racism as nonsense-We started off black & brown, we'll all end up black & brown

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[chance33_98]

Geneticists expose racism as nonsense

Rowan Philp

Gene experts have declared race to be no more than an accident of geography - and predict the future of black and white South Africa will probably be more shades of brown.

Racism is scientifically unfounded, confirmed Professor Trefor Jenkins, Professor Emeritus at Wits University, and Dr Himla Soodyall, director of the Human Genomic Research Unit.

The genetic pool in the country was already so mixed that supremacists had no hope of a pure lineage, they said during a series of workshops at the National Festival of Science, Engineering and Technology in Grahamstown this week.

Soodyall said that, genetically, all modern humans were African - and could be described as either "Africans" or "African exiles".

Her research on the African genome, based on blood tests from more than 1 000 volunteers, showed South Africans from different races shared "recent" blood relatives.

For instance, a quarter of the South African "Europeans" tested had the same individual male ancestor - who lived not more than 30 000 years ago - as a large number of Nama Khoisan people who were tested.

"Given greater social acceptance of mixed marriage in future, we're likely to see a much higher proportion of skin shades lighter than dark and darker than light," Soodyall said.

Her research also found that the majority of all Southern Africa's nine "Bantu-speaking" communities descended from the same man, making most Xhosas and Zulus, for instance, "genetically unusually close ".

She said that gene tests showed that different physical characteristics between cultural groups were the result of adaptations to differing conditions and minor gene mutations.

Jenkins emphasised that modern "race" groups did not evolve separately, as was once widely believed by Western scientists.

He said: "Racism has been shown to have no basis in science... We all started off black and brown, and we'll all end up black and brown."

[Paul Atreides]

If they saw me without a shirt, they'd rethink that.

[xrp]

As this probably pertains to America also, it should make the 2010 census very easy.

[Paul Atreides]

And, put Jesse out of a job.

[rdb3]

Uh oh.

You mean Poohbah is my brotha from anotha mutha? Well, if so, where's that $20 dollars you owe me?

;-)

[TheSpottedOwl]

Does that mean my offspring will someday obtain a better tan?

[eddie willers]

Soodyall said that, genetically, all modern humans were African

Oh goody.
Reparations for all!.

[yankeedame]

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[yankeedame]

I did a couple of web searchs on Human Genomic Research Unit and always came up with MRC.

[chance33_98]

Reparations for all!.

[chance33_98]

Thanks for the info!

[ETERNAL WARMING]

The Bible places the birthplace of humanity at the Tigris/Euphrates point. Are Middle Easterners considered Brown or Black? If I have a choice between Science and the Bible, I'll take the Bible. It hasn't been proven wrong yet.

[Old Professer]

It's a good thing this guy doesn't work in the paint department at Home Depot.

[CarmelValleyite]

This sounds a lot like what I hear from my cousin, the fan of the Bahai faith.

[microgood]

For instance, a quarter of the South African "Europeans" tested had the same individual male ancestor - who lived not more than 30 000 years ago

BS Meter on Red.

[null and void]

I've seen the future. It's beige.

[mhking]

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[Dixielander]

Good point . Lol!

BTY, I don't believe a word in the article. Pure propaganda. The so-called geneticists must have been MK-Ultra trained.

[Virginia-American]

The Bible places the birthplace of humanity at the Tigris/Euphrates point

Mine just says 'Eden', doesn't have a map.

[donningflame-retardant suit] Isn't Exodus just the 'out of Africa' anthropological theory in parable form?

[honeygrl]

If we are all african-american then do we all get reparations?