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Re: OT: terms for people with different hair colours

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Thursday, October 23, 2008, 15:08
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Hanuman Zhang
<zhang@...> wrote:
> on 10/23/08 6:07 AM, Mark J. Reed at markjreed@GMAIL.COM wrote: > >> White-history.com? That's a scary domain name... > > Esp'ly since that latest genetic science proves that the "white race" is > a myth,
I thought that was sufficiently well-known not to warrant mention. At the genetic level, most differences in "race" tend to disappear - but that's been known for quite some time, so calling it the "latest genetic science" is, while accurate, a tad odd. ("According to the latest physical science, the speed of light in a vacuum is constant for all observers!") The genetic invisibility of race doesn't keep people from using racially-derived cultural monikers, however, and it's widely acceptable to do so. It's only certain such words that serve as bright blinking warning beacons, shouting to the world that "Here there be racism" - and "White" is definitely one of those. -- Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>

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