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Yep, it is a motte-and-bailey argument[1]. The motte is that the popular notion of race does not map completely accurately onto the spectrum of actual human gen
by hax0ron3 4y ago
Yep, it is a motte-and-bailey argument[1]. The motte is that the popular notion of race does not map completely accurately onto the spectrum of actual human genetic diversity, which of course is true. The bailey is that the idea of race is completely meaningless and that anyone who buys into it to any degree whatsoever is a racist. The bailey is often presented using the thought-terminating cliche of "race is an unscientific/pseudoscientific concept".
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy