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Young people are now taking DNA tests in hopes of qualifying for affirmative action. More here.

Unfortunately, the White girl who checked "Asian" because her test indicated that she was 2% East Asian may not understand how affirmative action actually works.

[Nepeta]

Except for a handful of extremely isolated populations, very few of us are pure anything. Even a casual reading of world history reveals why--people travel, often to places you might think unlikely, and they leave their DNA behind.

For many white people whose families lived in the south for a very long time, having some Indian ancestors is commonplace, just as one example.

Devotees of "race purity"--white and black--are likely in for surprises if they take a close look at their DNA.

Fortunately for the rest of us, we are so much more than our pedigrees.