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So are you claiming that there is something biologically different about the different races that means their normal biochemistry differs between one another?

JumpCrisscross 6y ago
> are you claiming that there is something biologically different about the different races that means their normal biochemistry differs between one another? Yes, genetic variations meaningful to e.g. certain drug responses [1] correlate with race. Fair question which, if asked without malice, doesn’t deserve a downvote. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17329986/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17329986/
gridspy 6y ago
Advice about healthy sun exposure to ensure adequate Vitamin D production generally notes that more exposure is required if you have Melanin in your skin (i.e darker skin). https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-... "If you have dark skin – for example you have an African, African-Caribbean or south Asian background – you may also not get enough vitamin D from sunlight."
piva00 6y ago
That is already being studied between genders [0] as there are drugs that interact differently between men and women. Even though the racial aspect of it can be taken a bit to the eugenics side by bad actors I believe that more studies should be performed to assess if there are or not significant physiological differences to account for during medical development. [0] https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/11874/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/11874/
tarsinge 6y ago
Why wouldn’t there be variation depending on the genes and the phenotype of a population, which can be correlated with skin color? Talking about « races » on the other hand is not neutral.
cmrdporcupine 6y ago
Population groups, not races. Skin colour is a poor dividing line between populations, though maybe on this vitamin D issue it might be more reasonable. There is no "black race." There are populations of various African origins, a much more complex and messier situation that the category "race" obscures. There is statistically more genetic diversity _within_ Africa than in the entire human population outside of Africa, so drawing a cline based on some "black" or "African" or "Negroid" basket of traits is fully 19th century quackery. EDIT Put another way: "race" is a cultural category, with little biological meaning. The key question here is vitamin D responses in southern-adapted vs. northern lattitude adapted population groups.
clint 6y ago
"Race" is a fairly modern concept that bares little if any association with actual biology.

JumpCrisscross 6y ago

> are you claiming that there is something biologically different about the different races that means their normal biochemistry differs between one another? Yes, genetic variations meaningful to e.g. certain drug responses [1] correlate with race. Fair question which, if asked without malice, doesn’t deserve a downvote. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17329986/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17329986/

gridspy 6y ago

Advice about healthy sun exposure to ensure adequate Vitamin D production generally notes that more exposure is required if you have Melanin in your skin (i.e darker skin). https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-... "If you have dark skin – for example you have an African, African-Caribbean or south Asian background – you may also not get enough vitamin D from sunlight."

piva00 6y ago

That is already being studied between genders [0] as there are drugs that interact differently between men and women. Even though the racial aspect of it can be taken a bit to the eugenics side by bad actors I believe that more studies should be performed to assess if there are or not significant physiological differences to account for during medical development. [0] https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/11874/ https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/11874/

tarsinge 6y ago

Why wouldn’t there be variation depending on the genes and the phenotype of a population, which can be correlated with skin color? Talking about « races » on the other hand is not neutral.

cmrdporcupine 6y ago

Population groups, not races. Skin colour is a poor dividing line between populations, though maybe on this vitamin D issue it might be more reasonable. There is no "black race." There are populations of various African origins, a much more complex and messier situation that the category "race" obscures. There is statistically more genetic diversity _within_ Africa than in the entire human population outside of Africa, so drawing a cline based on some "black" or "African" or "Negroid" basket of traits is fully 19th century quackery. EDIT Put another way: "race" is a cultural category, with little biological meaning. The key question here is vitamin D responses in southern-adapted vs. northern lattitude adapted population groups.

clint 6y ago

"Race" is a fairly modern concept that bares little if any association with actual biology.