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The marker is scientific and important, the arbitrary cluster is socially determined. If you've got the gene defect for tay-sachs are you jewish? or do jews usu
by Torgo 13y ago
The marker is scientific and important, the arbitrary cluster is socially determined. If you've got the gene defect for tay-sachs are you jewish? or do jews usually have it? What if you're black but you have that gene because of one ancestor? Being a Jew doesn't make you magically susceptible to this genetic disorder and being recognizably black does not make you immune from the disorder if you have the gene.
- JoeAltmaier 13y agoI'm not disputing that people use lots of lazy rules to categorize race. But to deny it exists at all, as the OP tried to do, is just stupid. I believe that this American attempt to shuffle people's differences under the rug and claim everybody is the same, is insulting and offensive. Be proud to be of your origin! Celebrate the advantages! Complain about the disadvantages. Nobody deserves them, but there they are, quite real.