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genetic conclusions need genetic evidence
The studies cited here conclude that racial difference must be inherent or biological, after accounting for only some environmental and social variables, namely education and socioeconomic status. Where is the genetic evidence? Why do the editors of these presumably peer-reviewed journals allow these scientists to conclude a genetic cause ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary M14 on July 14, 2009
Re: Racist or not racist-the true test
BADBYE RACISM: 40 millenia ago,groups of us began spreading from Africa to other places.Reproductive isolations for many genrations moulded our phenotypes to our respective climatic experiences. Differences resulted from changed frequencies of common genes but new genes from DNA mutations were insufficient for speciation.Given sufficient number ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by m.maunas on December 30, 2008
Gil-White demolishes Entine: "race" is _not_ meaningful
If skin color predicts the likelihood of some gene, great -- you still don't know anything beyond that gene about the ''meaningfulness'' of race. And, if the elephant in the room is mental ability -- as Gil-White demonstrates is often the case in race/sports/biology arguments -- we certainly don't know anything about a person's mind, ...
Posted to Human Nature by seldon on December 8, 2008