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The problem is that scientific "race" doesn't quite work that way. To be scientific about it, you have to be willing to conclude things like that a diverse loo
by dale_glass 5y ago
The problem is that scientific "race" doesn't quite work that way.
To be scientific about it, you have to be willing to conclude things like that a diverse looking group of people are actually all the same race because they happen to share common genetics, or that what looks like an all white group is really 5 distinct genetic groups that just happen to look similar.
To really find what scientifically accurate genetic group a given person falls into you'd have to be scientific about it, and look at the genetics or at the very least their detailed ancestry. Simply looking at them doesn't cut it. Science is all about precision and eliminating biases.
At that point, what is even the point? You know enough about them to treat them as an individual regardless of what they happen to look like.