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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
No it does not come down to biology. What you are talking about is APPEARANCE. TOTALLY DIFFERENT from biology which has a science basis. Appearance! You mean appearance! Once I understood that was what you meant I 'got' what you were saying. I just wish you understood that what you are discussing is NOT Biology or science (which are terms that I feel, unlike racism- or hell, any ism, have pretty standard definitions), but completely superficial judgement. Yes, people DO base judgements on appearance! You're correct! They do! But it's not biology!
LMAO! This is comedy!
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Fine, it's not biology. If appearance isn't biology, then I'm wrong. I thought I look the way I look because of my parents, I didn't realize science had to be all or nothing to be "science." I understand you when you say it's not science or biology, but physical appearances aren't conjured up at random, there is a pattern to everyone. I took biology in high school, I remember the whole dominant and recessive gene chart, and of course I realize that you can have a white african-american, and just about any other combination if the odds are in your favor. I know all this and see what everyone is saying.
All people look different, this is pure fact. Some people have similarities between others, this is also safe to claim as fact. And yet, while some people look the same, they may not have any relation to that group other than their appearances being similar.
Is it all just a strange random coincidence that so many people look alike that they can be segregated as a group? No, they similar because they share a variation in their genetic makeup that is not part of everyone else. Is it an exact science that someone can go "Hey look, I found the asian gene, woohoo!" Silly rabbit, trix are for kids. I am not a scientist, I can't make heads or tails of my double helix, but I know that there is "something" there that makes me appear the way I do.
I know you do not agree there is any concrete biological basis for race, I see what you are saying. It does make sense, but someone's physical appearance does derive from their genealogy. Even though it is a social construct, there is some merit (even if it's less than 1%) in the theory that it has something to do with your genetic makeup.
I'm not trying to say that one group has better DNA than me, or that it has anything to do with one race being superior to another, all I'm trying to say is that the similar physical appearance of one ethnic group occurs from a shared or common trait passed down by our parents.
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