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To: Pharmboy
Dr. Feldman said the finding essentially confirmed the popular conception of race. He said precautions should be taken to make sure the new data coming out of genetic studies were not abused.
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The new medical interest in race and genetics has left many sociologists and anthropologists beating a different drum in their assertions that race is a cultural idea, not a biological one. The American Sociological Association, for instance, said in a recent statement that "race is a social construct" and warned of the "danger of contributing to the popular conception of race as biological."
Poor Dr. Feldman. He's gonna be demonized for sure.
5 posted on 12/21/2002 4:03:45 AM PST by PatrickHenry
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To: PatrickHenry
Poor Dr. Feldman. He's gonna be demonized for sure</>

and this is unfortunate because we live in a world where people's lives and reputations are ruined by turning a phrase rather than by their actions.

21 posted on 12/21/2002 5:50:54 AM PST by stanz
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To: PatrickHenry
Poor Dr. Feldman. He's gonna be demonized for sure.

By whom?

Feldman's is the PC, leftist liberal position.

Funny how ignorant idiots fall in to line with the PC police.

33 posted on 12/21/2002 8:23:19 AM PST by tallhappy
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"Sociologists and anthropologists assert that race is a "cultural" matter".(Paraphrase)... Who am I going to believe? Them or my lying eyes.
131 posted on 12/22/2002 6:07:32 PM PST by BnBlFlag
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