When I say “race isn’t real” what I mean is this: If an alien biologist came to earth, knowing nothing of humans, and set out to learn about our biological and genetic make up, it would not discover “races.” There is no natural fact of the matter that human beings are so divided.
An alien anthropologist who studied our history and customs would discover that we have, in recent centuries, taken to dividing ourselves up in such social categories, but he would also be aware that this habit of ours has no foundation in nature.
After all, whether there are “races” is an empirical question, and one that has been answered: No, there aren’t.
We thought for millennia that Euclid’s Parallel Postulate was really a Theorem, until it was finally proven not to be a Theorem. It’s a Postulate.
We thought for millennia that Euclid’s Parallel Postulate was really a Theorem, until it was finally proven not to be a Theorem. It’s a Postulate.
We’ve only believed there were biological races for a few centuries. We were wrong. Oh well.
I’m not bothered by this, since as far as I can tell, the concept of race has done FAR more harm than good. I don’t know why so many people WANT races to exist.
They don’t, regardless.
I’m not bothered by this, since as far as I can tell, the concept of race has done FAR more harm than good. I don’t know why so many people WANT races to exist.
They don’t, regardless.
Want races to exist REALLY HARD. Want “nonbinary gender” to exist REALLY HARD.
Wanting what is contrary to reality never ends well.
Wanting what is contrary to reality never ends well.
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