As an old white man who is proud of his race and age for that matter i agree100%
Life is not supposed to be a rat race (BOB) 🇯🇲… yet look what we have left in our wake …
race differences do exist whether or not you want to acknowledge them. I get it's a touchy subject but you're basically ignoring science if you don't think millennia of physical separation has lead to a degree of allopatric speciation among human populations.
would you agree that cats and dogs can be separated into distinct breeds/subspecies? humans are no different.
No the subject isn’t touchy at all. It’s very simple.
“Race is a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society.[1] The term came into common usage during the 16th century, when it was used to refer to groups of various kinds, including those characterized by close kinship relations.[2] By the 17th century, the term began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits, and then later to national affiliations. Modern science regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society.[3][4][5] While partly based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an inherent physical or biological meaning.[1][6][7] The concept of race is foundational to racism, the belief that humans can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another.”
There is only one race - the human race and all its subspecies such as:
Homo habilis: Existed 2.1–1.5 million years ago
Homo erectus: Existed 1.8–0.1 million years ago
Homo heidelbergensis: Discovered near Heidelberg, Germany in 1907
Homo neanderthalensis: Discovered in the Neander Valley, Germany in 1856
Homo floresiensis: Nicknamed “the hobbit”
Homo naledi: Discovered in the Rising Star Cave system in South Africa in 2013
Homo luzonensis: Discovered in Callao Cave in the Philippines in 2007
Homo longi: Identified in 2021 from a skull discovered in Harbin, China in 1933
What you are referring to are phenotypes. A different phenotypic expression (e.g. a human in Somalia) doesn’t make them a different race. The same goes for ethnicity which is strongly tied to culture and phenotype.
Like I said take a fucking basic college anthropology class and learn about it you cretinous fool.
chill with the insults, just trying to have a discussion.
Modern science regards race as a social construct, an identity which is assigned based on rules made by society.
Not really. Because it is such a touchy subject, political correctness has completely destroyed any discussion about the realities of race. Many prominent scientists have had their whole careers destroyed for trying to follow the scientific method on socially unpopular topics.
Do you seriously think (biases aside), there is no genetic difference between different races of humans? Phenotypes are an expression of genotype - and it's clear how humans have diverged over time.
The concept of race is foundational to racism, the belief that humans can be divided based on the superiority of one race over another.
No one's saying anything about superiority?? Can you say there is a difference between a border collie and a golden retriever without also claiming one to be superior over the other? I think you obviously can, and the same goes for humans.
I think what you're intending to claim here is that humans are all the same species, which yes, we clearly are.
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u/mikeren56412591 1d ago
As an old white man who is proud of his race and age for that matter i agree100% Life is not supposed to be a rat race (BOB) 🇯🇲… yet look what we have left in our wake …