Subj : Re: race
To : Arelor
From : jimmylogan
Date : Fri May 23 2025 11:33 am
-=> Arelor wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Ar> Race might be a social contruct with no significant biological basis,
Ar> but let me tell you nobody will mistake a throughbred for a
Ar> hispano-breton horse. And while we are at that, nobody will take a
Ar> hispano-breton to a race, but they will have her pull a cart instead of
Ar> the throughbred any day.
I think you are describing physical traits that are passed
down from parent to offspring. This doesn't change mean a
different 'race' but different ability.
Why do throughbreds get put to breeding? Not because of
their 'race,' but because of their propensity to have
offspring with similar abilites.
All felines are the same SPECIES, but there are many
breeds of feline.
Ar> But even the idea that race lacks biological basis is thin because the
Ar> origins of people can be traced via biological markers - that is the
Ar> reason why we know gypsies come from India, for example, because they
Ar> are sufficiently distinct from other groups that their traits can be
Ar> identified.
But these differences that are made more distinct over time
dissapear within a few generations when interbreeding
occurs.
Ar> And there are even hints that homo sapiens don't come from
Ar> a single ancestor either but from a number of family trees that evolved
Ar> separatedly.
First, I don't believe in the theory of evolution. I believe
in Creation and a Creator. There might be 'hints' but they
have to be evaluated, and the starting point (worldview) will
determine where they lead.
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