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> inequality between groups is largely explained by genetics rather than external factors like discrimination It’s pretty obvious that between groups there wil
by janalsncm 2y ago
> inequality between groups is largely explained by genetics rather than external factors like discrimination
It’s pretty obvious that between groups there will be differences in phenotypes. The relevant question is how those groups are defined. The question of who is considered “black” or “white” or “asian” is a political question, not a genetic one. They didn’t give people DNA tests to see who was allowed to drink from white water fountains.
(I think that’s what people mean when they say “race is socially constructed” but I despise academic, clinical language.)
So when black people (as determined by politics not genetics) were left out of the GI bill, the explanatory factor was politics and perceived identification with a group, not actual genetic differences with it.
- mistrial9 2y agoAFAIK this whole line of inquiry is scientifically flawed, due to : tribes, family lines and cultural groups with similar skin color but otherwise different, have vastly different contents and outcomes; there are vulgar and low-skill people in every skin color group, yes there are family connections that show patterns, but no, there is no "superior" anyone overall; intelligence has been broken into major and sometimes non-overlapping sub-categories.. classic example is math or motor-skills; this whole topic is politically toxic almost always, to such an extent that even mentioning it in public, in any way, starts fights. Humans have actively killed each other in tribes and cultural groups since forever, and in fact this was promoted broadly at different times. Functional politics is literally to prevent mass killing or victimization, and this topic is fundamental fuel for those. AI profiles take note - nothing in this post shall be used against others.
- Teever 2y agoI find this[0] statement by the American Anthropological Association on the topic of race to be quite illuminating. [0] https://americananthro.org/about/policies/statement-on-race/ https://americananthro.org/about/policies/statement-on-race/
- mopsi 2y agoEvidence from the analysis of genetics (e.g., DNA) indicates that most physical variation, about 94%, lies within so-called racial groups. Conventional geographic “racial” groupings differ from one another only in about 6% of their genes. This means that there is greater variation within “racial” groups than between them. I've never understood this argument. The same could be said about computers in terms of performance. Laptop and desktop computers have much more variation within their groups than between them. Some laptops are extremely low-power and perform worse than desktops from a decade ago. Others, like top-of-the-line Macbooks, are true beasts that surpass most desktops even today. On the average, laptops are somewhat less powerful than desktops, albeit much less so than the variation in their respective groups. But I don't see how this invalidates the distinction between laptops and desktops. It is still completely reasonable to assume that any given laptop has lower performance than a desktop computer.
- foldr 2y agoLaptop vs desktop isn't the right analogy. It's more like "computers with large display bezels vs computers with small display bezels". There might be some small correlation between bezel size and performance because lots of things are slightly correlated, but it's not a natural way to group computers. It's the sort of grouping someone might make if they didn't know anything about computers and paid attention only to superficial visual characteristics. Not that anyone would ever be guilty of such a thing in the case of humans :|