Is race a biological difference or a social construct? (2 Viewers)

[Blastus]

Some grist for the mill

 

[Jaundice]

sub-species is how i like to work.

 

[cosmo kramer]

those are great vids

 

[davidbarnes]

Race is clearly a biological difference as there is physicals a difference in genetics.

Let me guess Blastus, you don't believe in modern biology and evolution and think we were created through Intelligent Design or Creationism?

 

[Blastus]

Race is clearly a biological difference as there is physicals a difference in genetics.

Let me guess Blastus, you don't believe in modern biology and evolution and think we were created through Intelligent Design or Creationism?

shut the fuck up rain man

 

[cosmo kramer]

hahaha rain man

 

[kaz1]

"Science is about disproving"
wtf

 

[Jaundice]

pygmies, neandertals etc are all subspeices and we can breed with them.

they already think there are at least 3 different sub-species of modern human

 

[Chemical Ali]

if we admitted pygmies are probably different enough to call a subspecies of homo sapiens while still asserting they should be treated morally equally with human rights and what not

would this have moral implications for how we treated other species?

 

[kaz1]

sub-species is how i like to work.

Races aren't subspecies, race has no taxonomic significance.

A sub species is Homo Sapiens Neanderthals.

 

[Jaundice]

no. modern human is made of our at least 3 subspecies that have interbred.

i dont see any moral implications with pure subspecies because the behave have function like the rest of us.

 

[annabackwards]

Races aren't subspecies, race has no taxonomic significance.

A sub species is Homo Sapiens Neanderthals.

+1

If race were really subspecies, then breeding would be a lot more difficult than it is.

 

[cosmo kramer]

ugly mixed race babies

 

[ruchira2122]

Race is clearly a biological difference as there is physicals a difference in genetics.

This.

 

[SylviaB]

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[nathanf]

The problems causes by racial or ethnic disputes are either excuses for wars based on other grounds such as the interests of very affluent private individuals such as businessmen,government officials or Army officers. or misunderstandings or ignorance that have happened coincidentally or on-purpose over time. I think racism and differential treatment on people based on their ethnicity or race is just someone lying to themselves, or being raised in an environment where they are supposed to, genetically there is almost nothing - or we wouldn't be able to easily interbreed. It is a social construct in a large sense.

 

[cosmo kramer]

gay

 

[abbeyroad]

race is a social construct, real biological differences are things like height, intelligence, skin colour etc etc

ethnicity is a much more precise and predictive indicator of a specific individual's genetic disposition.

 

[nathanf]

gay

Harsh.

 

[nathanf]

ethnicity is a much more precise and predictive indicator of a specific individual's genetic disposition.

Too true. Races are general and inaccurate way of distinguishing a large group of people's genetic attributes. Ethnicities come from specific regions and countries which actually have physical characteristics similar to each-other, such as the facial features, skin-color, height etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Meyers_b11_s0476a.jpg A good map of a skin-color map and racial classifications from the 19th century. ( That is in a language that few here can read)