Is race real?: 9/15/2018 03:36:38 |

l4v.r0v
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Not at the level of a biological subspecies (significantly more variation within races than between them- not good genetic predictors outside a few traits, like perhaps the medical ones Dutch mentioned). However human "races" are easily "real" at the level of, say, dog breeds.
I would recommend consulting a scientific text about this instead of basing your views on the opinions expressed on forum for an online version of a popular children's game.
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 04:21:03 |

el-sin♥️
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…basing your views on the opinions expressed on forum for an online version of a popular children's game.
Fair enough
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 07:22:46 |

Zoya the Destroya
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Race/ethnicity is an important concept because it has been found that different races/ethnicities respond in different ways to drugs and medical procedures. Drugs that have been found very effective in one race can be completely ineffective in another. The problem with that is that it's an assumption about someone's genotype based on their appearance. It's not reliable. I found out through a DNA test that I have Chinese Dai ancestry but no one would ever mistake me for Asian.
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 07:32:27 |

Funaki
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Why are you taking anthropology? Are you majoring in liberal arts?
Race is a word whose meaning has varied so much that I'm not even sure what it truly means.
I saw a video before which made the connection between slavery and African Americans having higher rates of certain illnesses like high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. I guess anthropologists are trying to say that race is in a way culturally constructed, instead of purely naturally biological.
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 18:51:28 |

Cata Cauda
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Race is definetely real in humans, and most other species. Genetics dont lie.
And a person that believes that the Earth is flat is automatically disqualified from any scientific discussions.
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 20:07:40 |

Funaki
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The earth is flat. Just look at images of the earth from the ISS, and you can clearly see that it's shaped like a giant crepe.
In fact, every single star and planet in our galaxy is crepe-shaped, and just thinking about this makes me hungry for pancakes.
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 20:55:06 |

Cata Cauda
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Buffalo, you need to consider aerodynamics. A plane cant fly into space, because it relies on its wings to create lift by passing air. Also jet engines need oxygen. The curvature itself does the "dipping".
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Is race real?: 9/15/2018 21:43:15 |

DesertFox
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well, im again tired as hell (and maybe little drunk) and might have nothing to do with this topic, but, i will leave this fragment about race froma movie i just watched.
''Dr. Obersturmbannfuehrer Blaettchen: Anything goes. You bring anything you run into. Nothing but Eastern characteristics. Short, pale, testicles- poorly hung. What do you want me to do with him? [To Gunther] Get out. [Gunther goes to leave; Raufeisen walks in and stops him.] Raufeisen: Where are you off to? Gunther: Home. Raufeisen: Home? What's going on? Dr. Blaettchen: Nothing. Raufeisen: Are you insane? We can't disqualify anyone now. Look at him. A marvelous physique, blond as can be. Dr. Blaettchen: So what? Genetically, he's worthless. Raufeisen: We are here to train these boys. We create men here. This is a crucible of men; that's all it is. For you, too, my boy, the world is wide open. Come. Dr. Blaettchen: One day, he will let us down. One day, he'll betray us. Because, his deceitfulness... it's endemic. It's inscribed in his genes. A race is something homogeneous. It's coherent and pure. Or it can't be a nation. Mixing the races leads to disasters; look at the Americans! Stupid country which no amount of education can save. Raufeisen: We can make a champion out of a lad like him! With his miserable upbringing, he never had a chance yet! Dr. Blaettchen: Listen, the Bolsheviks, too, think education's the key, and you are just like them. To them, if you fail to treat every rat like a prize racehorse, that's a social injustice. And they think you can take any pig from the pen and educate him 'till he becomes a greyhound! It's utterly absurd! Rubbish! Raufeisen: All right, Colonel, that's enough! I'm in charge here and we're keeping the boy.''
Der Unhold,1996.Good movie I would say.
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Is race real?: 9/17/2018 19:44:12 |

Dullahan
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There is no clear definitive line between any species and variants, it's a human made system for making sense of the way animals look and behave. The line is extremely blurry between "races" and ordering them like such is absurd.
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Is race real?: 9/18/2018 04:46:56 |

el-sin♥️
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Meyers_b11_s0476a.jpgMayers' racial map shows three major races with detail: Caucasoids: europeans, mediterraneans, and indo-iranians Mongloids: east asians, siberians, indo-americans, micronesians, turks, siamese and tatars (central asians) Negroids: africans, australians, indonesians, polynesians and dravidans (south indians)
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Is race real?: 9/18/2018 17:12:46 |

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Buffalo, there's something called GRAVITY
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