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Race is genetic in the same way ROYGBIV is about wavelengths: wavelengths cause the different colours, but there's no real reason to say "this is red, but this
by MrJohz 3y ago
Race is genetic in the same way ROYGBIV is about wavelengths: wavelengths cause the different colours, but there's no real reason to say "this is red, but this is orange" - the wavelengths don't care how we categorise these things! In the same way, genetics certainly determines a lot about our appearances, but definitions of "black", "white", "Asian", "hispanic", etc are just categories that we humans have defined on top of a much more complex underlying structure.