Something to stop racists in their tracks..
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
Canada
June 16, 2007 6:37pm CST
1. race is a modern idea. the ancients did not divide people by physical differences
2. race has no genetic basis. there is no characteristic trait or gene that distinguishes members of one so called race from another so called race
3. human subspecies do not exist. for there to be a 'race' then a subspecies of human must exist and there are none.
4. most variation is within not between 'races'. 2 Koreans are as genetically similar as a Korean and an Italian.
5. race is an idea only, it has no biological basis.
the idea of race was only brought on by the "white supremacists" as they had called them, sending black people to be slaves and separating them in south Africa.
there were also slaves of diffrent races in ancients, but they were not slaves because of race, they were slaves because they fought for an axis country. IE ancient persians brought indians and blacks to be slaves from southern egypt and india when they were taking over.
the only wars that were ever fought because of racial purposes were:
the American civil war
KKK (which wasn't really a war but yea..)
and the riots in south Africa because of race separation..
and the discrepancy in the USA right now..
so really, there was only 1 war because of race.
what do you think?
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7 responses
@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
17 Jun 07
99.9% of any one person's DNA is exactly the same as another regardless of ethnicity. Except for twins, they're 100% match. And there's 8% variation out of that 0.1% remaining between ethnic groups within a race, like the French and the Dutch. Only 7% of all human genetic variation lies on average between major human races such as those of Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. 85% of all variation lies within any local group. So there's more variation WITHIN a race than there is between races. And most of our variation is found in non-functional DNA ("junk" DNA).
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
18 Jun 07
i know that twins are not 100% match, which makes me re thing what you have stated as your numbers.
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@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
18 Jun 07
k, the DNA is the same but the outcome is not
cuz when the proteins go and get the information from the DNA, they go at diffrent times causing diffrences.
this is why twins dont have the same fingerprints.
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@ChampagneGiggles (699)
• United States
18 Jun 07
Identical twins came from one embryo so they must be exact matches DNA-wise.
@yemberzal (301)
• India
17 Jun 07
God created man in different colours, sizes,and shape cuts so that they can easily be distinguished and can be recognized.
Also this was necessary to check the criminal activities. For example if a person is killed, first by merely seeing his face, we can assess the nationality of the deceased person to greater extent and if we go to other country, the native can easily see that the person does not belong to area.So this is the great way to have introduction between the persons, even without saying a word. God is great. But people of Israel, always tried to get better of God and they will be punished for all their misadventures. They made colour a way of discriminating fellow human beings.
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
17 Jun 07
really? how ignorant can you be? how can you blame the jews for this really?
there are so many things wrong with what your saying.
criminals that run off to another country can be caught as non natives thats for sure, but that means that all the people from the country he came from look the same so basicly, as you have stated, "god created man so that they can be easily distinguished" is faulty.
WOW, I CANT BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT
and i cant believe you would blame the jews...
wtf???
and im an atheist...
what does god haveto do with this?
people are diffrent colours cause of the environment they grew in. what are you talking about..
this is so stupid, im gona stop writing.
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@yemberzal (301)
• India
17 Jun 07
You are not knowing whtat i mentioned here.when Isay people of israel, it is not todays israel, but people belonging to period of Moses and Jesus. They always tried to hurt the prophets.And nag ate the ten commandments and made Jesus , son of God.
Regarding colours and difference in shapes of face, I do not understand what environment has to do with color, and if it would have been environment , why black people in U S do not have color changed
One thing I am pleased you believe in not many Gods but you do not believe in one God either.
Tell me who make this universe sustain till date
tell me who made uranium radioa active
Tell me who dropped iron from heavens, to build an atom of iron Fe you need temperature more than of a sun
Tell me who made system ,that enabled you to be fed in your mother,s womb
Tell me who made day and night , by rotating earth
If you can awnser me , i will be pleased' Dear Fighting
@smacksman (6053)
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17 Jun 07
The 'big bang' and evolution answers most of you latter questions.
300,000 years ago, your ancestor and my ancestor was a hairy black woman in the Rift Valley.
Hi cousin!
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@smacksman (6053)
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17 Jun 07
Two things worry me about you.
1. You really need to know what you are talking about and check the dictionary before you use words you don't understand, like 'race'.
2. Your choice of nick name.
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
17 Jun 07
1.i thought it would be easy to look up the definition for yourself.. but for people who are too lazy...
Race: a subspecies, a taxonomic group that is a division of a species;usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species.
2. its called "sarcasm"
you want me to give the definition of that too?
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@DavidReedy (2378)
• United States
17 Jun 07
I agree with you about the stupidity of racism, but racism has always existed. Various peoples in Africa disliked others who were lighter or darker skinned, the middle east has always been a hotbed of racial tension, The Chinese and Japanese clashed for centuries. Racism, and every form of prejudice have been around since civilization first began, don't kid yourself.
@oldiebut (859)
• Canada
17 Jun 07
Sorry but you seem to contradict yourself a number of times and your facts are not really facts. I will not address your science claims but your historical claims are pretty far off base.
Other racially based wars
World War I was started by racial tensions.
The two opium wars in China.
The crusades
Other races who considered themselves superior
The Zulus of Africa
The Japanese prior to WWII
The Chinese up until about 1800
I could go on in both of these categories because race and class have been an integral part of many of the conflicts over the centuries. It does not have a Eurocentric origin and is not exlcusive to any one race.
I would also argue that the Civil War was not much of a race based war. While the issue of slavery was an element, the vast majority of the political and military power involved was purely white.
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
17 Jun 07
and yea, everyone thought they were superior at one point, but not because of race really, its because of nationalism..
but yea, other than the civil war i still stand saying no wars were caused by race
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@bda_rock (135)
• Bermuda
17 Jun 07
Discrimination is a learned behaviour. I am a white male, brought up in Bermuda. When I was about 16, in the mid 1970's, I had friend black, white mixed etc... but to me, they were just friends, we didn't see colour. Then one day I was waiting for my girlfriend when a group of black girls walked by, one stopped and looked at me and said "do you remember me?". I had never seen this girl before in my life, so I said no. She replied, "I guess we all look the same to you." Then, with her friends they left laughing. At that point I didn't know what they meant. When my girlfriend showed up I asked her and she explained it to me. (BTW, she is black)...
People discriminate for lots of reasons. It is convenient. Someone cuts you off on the road, it is easy to say because they are black, or white or a woman, or a man etc... But be careful, especially if you have kids in the car... AS I said at the beginning, it is a learned behaviour.
@fightingistheonlyway (2658)
• Canada
17 Jun 07
its true.
in my neighborhood, people, even me, call people that we dont know "black guy" or "white guy" or wtvr, but the racism part definatly is learned.
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@vampoet (825)
• Singapore
17 Jun 07
I think racial riots are stupid. It is just humans killing humans. From a scientific point of view, if you look at DNA analysis, we are all made up of the same sh!t. Yet I don't understand why people pay so much importance to it. Especially when applying for a job and the column where you have to put your race. I find that offensive
