The way you use "race" is probably based on one physical characteristic- the color of a person's skin. Why is that such a determining feature? Why not classify people by the color of their eyes, or the length of their toes? It makes just as much sense. You take any group that has been persecuted and discriminated against for hundreds of years, and you get an underclass that some will then fear. Those with power and privilege in every culture fear those under them who might want what they have. In the "troubles" between the Irish and the English, there's no racial difference- it was all about power and self-determination, and holding down a group that wanted a place at the table. That's what it's always about.
Of course not. Race is a biological fact. Different populations that develop in isolation from other populations develop different traits. This is how evolution works. If you can't tell the difference from a black guy, a white guy, and an Asian, you're nuts.
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The way you use "race" is probably based on one physical characteristic- the color of a person's skin. Why is that such a determining feature? Why not classify people by the color of their eyes, or the length of their toes? It makes just as much sense. You take any group that has been persecuted and discriminated against for hundreds of years, and you get an underclass that some will then fear. Those with power and privilege in every culture fear those under them who might want what they have. In the "troubles" between the Irish and the English, there's no racial difference- it was all about power and self-determination, and holding down a group that wanted a place at the table. That's what it's always about.
That's just a liberal buzzword.
Of course not. Race is a biological fact. Different populations that develop in isolation from other populations develop different traits. This is how evolution works. If you can't tell the difference from a black guy, a white guy, and an Asian, you're nuts.