The labels you are using - they are a societal construct. Humans observe physical differences between beings, set parameters for different groups, and then give them labels.
"Black" and "white" people just don't exist. Society has to call them that.
Am I racist?
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The labels you are using - they are a societal construct. Humans observe physical differences between beings, set parameters for different groups, and then give them labels.
"Black" and "white" people just don't exist. Society has to call them that.
Jazz Insider
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genetically speakin, the offspring of both of those couples will be xtremely similar. it won't be exact, but no one has exact genetics, cept maybe twins.
Maybe.
I'm fairly certain that one of the first things taught in every anthropology or sociology 101 course would be that race is a societal construct. I really don't see any way around that line of thought.
Jazz Insider
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stuff that humans happen to focus on, these "attributes," that lead to the social construct idea of race (skin color, hair texture, nose width, lip size, etc.) are actualy a very tiny, miniscule % of our DNA.
genetically speakin, humans and bananas share 50% DNA. hopefully dis gives some perspective.
genetically speakin, humans and bananas share 50% DNA. hopefully dis gives some perspective.
b_line
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So is the sky being a different color than the grass a societal construct? Or is everything in this entire world the same exact thing?
Jazz Insider
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humans and chimps, bout 98% the same DNA.
humans and mice - 92%.
humans and some plants, like weeds? bout 20%.
think bout dis bro. humans all share 100% the same DNA. its just the order, or sequence, thats different.
humans and mice - 92%.
humans and some plants, like weeds? bout 20%.
think bout dis bro. humans all share 100% the same DNA. its just the order, or sequence, thats different.
Jazz Insider
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everythin in dis world is built up of the elements on the periodic table o elements.
on earth, most living things are are pretty much built of the same few handful of elements for the most part.
srs.
b_line
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Anthropology and sociology are social sciences. Humans are different biologically. Biology is a hard science. There is absolutely not a single thing iny biology that would allow me to create an offspring with a white female that would be any other color than white, or the slight variation of white skin color. I can not create black offspring, no matter how much I disagree with the way society labeled me. It's just not in the cards, biologically speaking.
Jazz Insider
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oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus.
99% of all of us is made up of these 6 simple elements. thats it bro.
99% of all of us is made up of these 6 simple elements. thats it bro.
b_line
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No, humans do not share 100% the same dna. I have up to 6% Neanderthal dna. It is physically impossible for a person of African descent to have Neanderthal dna. They just were not around Neanderthals 40,000 years ago to mate with them and incorporate their dna. There are important parts of our dna that will allow humans to mate with one another, but to say we all share the same dna is false.
Nobody is saying that humans aren't different - nor is anyone saying that some humans can't be more physically similar to some than others. It's the process of using whatever unique characteristics may exist in order to place people in groups and give the groups different labels. That's entirely dependent upon society. That's what race is.
Jazz Insider
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funny you should use cards as an analogy. it is possible to have a black baby in the scenario you laid out. possible, not probable. kinda like if you were playin cards, and you shuffled the deck very very thoroguhly. then u held the deck face down, and laid down each card 1 by 1. what are the odds you lay the cards down, in chronological order, by suite? very unlikely, right? but impossible? nah.