[JediGirl]

bump (hope i got most of y'all)

[cornelis]

Oh, cut that out!

:^ 0 Ice cream everybody!!!!!

[PatrickHenry]

From the article:

The core ideological principle that maintains racism is the mistaken belief that
[1] biological races really exist in the human species and that
[2] individual aspects of character and morality can be identified by one's racial ancestry.

I donno ... Most people have always assumed that #1 is true, but I never believed in #2. I don't see why the two propositions have to go together.

[VadeRetro]

We already knew that all humanity fit within one species. No group has lost the ability to make viable, fertile children with any other group. "Race," as we apply it to humans, corresponds to "variety" as we apply it to orioles or wild columbines.

If I understand correcty however, by the measure the author of this article is using, a human and a mouse aren't all that different, either. It isn't just the raw genes; it's the interpretation. It may be too early to say as the author does that we actually have almost no differences.

[RadioAstronomer]

Thanks for the bump! :-)