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Forums - Politics Discussion - Delaware students can now choose their own race (Yes, RACE!) under new regulations.

Flilix on 17 February 2018
Ka-pi96 said:
VGPolyglot said:

As Flilix said, there are biological differences between individual humans too, even siblings. So, do siblings count as different races?

It's possible. A few generations back in my family there was a caucasian brother and a black sister. Technically they were only half siblings, but they were still siblings nonetheless.

And of course there are biological differences between individual people, we're not all clones! But there are still clear differences in the genes related to skin pigmentation and skeletal structure between different groups of people. There's other differences too, but those ones are the most recognisable.

Would you consider a Swedish person from Germanic origin and an Italian person from Romanic origin, to be different races?



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vivster on 17 February 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Ka-pi96 said:

It's possible. A few generations back in my family there was a caucasian brother and a black sister. Technically they were only half siblings, but they were still siblings nonetheless.

And of course there are biological differences between individual people, we're not all clones! But there are still clear differences in the genes related to skin pigmentation and skeletal structure between different groups of people. There's other differences too, but those ones are the most recognisable.

So, what is your argument supposed to be then? There are differences between groups, yes. But what is that supposed to insinuate?

False equivalency. The biological and genetic differences between  humans of the same race are extremely small compared to those of different races.

Might as well call yourself a galaxy because you are also made up of atoms.



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VGPolyglot on 17 February 2018
vivster said:
VGPolyglot said:

So, what is your argument supposed to be then? There are differences between groups, yes. But what is that supposed to insinuate?

False equivalency. The biological and genetic differences between  humans of the same race are extremely small compared to those of different races.

Might as well call yourself a galaxy because you are also made up of atoms.

Again, as I said there's not even really pure races anymore because of many, many years/decades/centuries/millennia/etc. of interracial mixing.



LurkerJ on 17 February 2018
Jon-Erich said:
I can imagine the average SJW trying to wrap their mind around this. Should they be cheering for this because it further expands on the idea that they can identify as anything and everything or should they condemn it on the grounds of cultural appropriation?

Hilarious, but it won't be the first SJWs got themselves trapped in their own nets. 



Aeolus451 on 17 February 2018
VGPolyglot said:
vivster said:

False equivalency. The biological and genetic differences between  humans of the same race are extremely small compared to those of different races.

Might as well call yourself a galaxy because you are also made up of atoms.

Again, as I said there's not even really pure races anymore because of many, many years/decades/centuries/millennia/etc. of interracial mixing.

False. There's still plenty of racial characteristics between different races. So much so that each race has different health issues and natural abilities.



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VGPolyglot on 17 February 2018
Aeolus451 said:
VGPolyglot said:

Again, as I said there's not even really pure races anymore because of many, many years/decades/centuries/millennia/etc. of interracial mixing.

False. There's still plenty of racial characteristics between different races. So much so that each race has different health issues and natural abilities.

Such as?



Tulipanzo on 17 February 2018

I fail to see any negative consequences coming from this.
Serious question, why should I, or anyone give a toss how someone identifies?



Aeolus451 on 17 February 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Aeolus451 said:

False. There's still plenty of racial characteristics between different races. So much so that each race has different health issues and natural abilities.

Such as?

East Asians omit alot less body odor than other races. They also get cancer less.

Blacks (african) are generally more athletically gifted than other races. With illnesses, they are more prone to certain kinds. https://www.webmd.com/hypertension-high-blood-pressure/features/why-7-deadly-diseases-strike-blacks-most#1

I suggest you do research of own on it. Saying there's no races is very unscientific.



Tulipanzo on 17 February 2018
vivster said:
VGPolyglot said:

So, what is your argument supposed to be then? There are differences between groups, yes. But what is that supposed to insinuate?

False equivalency. The biological and genetic differences between  humans of the same race are extremely small compared to those of different races.

Might as well call yourself a galaxy because you are also made up of atoms.

Just an FYI, there's actually more genetic difference between you and any random individual within the same race than between any two races.

Genetically, race is almost meaningless, as it mostly exists socially and politically



LurkerJ on 17 February 2018
VGPolyglot said:
Aeolus451 said:

False. There's still plenty of racial characteristics between different races. So much so that each race has different health issues and natural abilities.

Such as?

Some have long penises, some have higher IQ, some are more prone to autoimmune diseases, some are less prone to cancer, some are hairless, some are hairier, some are longer on average, some are shorter on average

.... the list goes on and on. (on average is a keyword here)