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Evolution does not work that way. It is a purely pass/fail system. Also, since the invention of boats and planes, humans have been interbreeding like crazy, so

• SiVal 13y ago
  So any justification for race-based admissions and government minority preferences programs is coming to an end, you'd say?
  • lukifer 13y ago
    Frankly, I consider it a different issue that has more to with history than evolution. I do believe such programs should end, but whether now or later is up for debate. Of all the injustices in the world, extra scholarships for racial minorities hardly seems like a high priority, though. I'd rather cut through the Gordian Knot with free education for all (not as an entitlement, but rather as an investment). We're about 1.5 generations away from race not mattering at all; young people simply don't care. Like so many vestiges of the old world, race-based entitlements will eventually disappear.