The Term African American

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Originally Posted by Sista

Sociological construction, please break down what that means to you? I would like to make sure that I am comprehending at the same perception, frame of mind as you? I just want to be sure of what that means to you, sociological construction?

Meaning, there is no biological basis where one can distinguish different groups of people based on race. There is no single gene or set of genes that determines one as being white, black, asian, etc. The distinctions often alluded to when people speak of race or phenotypical, and at best they are far from perfect indicators of race. What one thinks of as being (racially) black, latino, asian, etc. was at one point prescribed.

Originally Posted by Sista

I am going to have to ask you for the source for which genetic testing center did Henry Louis gates use because I have researched many DNA testing centers and none of them have the worlds population of DNA on file let alone a subsection. It is not an easy thing to approach foreign people and ask them for their blood, so you can store it in your bank.

Any way, that wouldn't be an easy thing to do even if you had an interpret present. Some people will give up their blood for such a cause but not all of them. This is why most DNA testing centers do not have certain blood types and therefore cannot tell you about your ancestry if they do not have A DNA match for you on file. DNA testing centers for genetics makes that very clear before they test you for your DNA match.

Any way, how could it on one hand be world's population and sub section at the same time? Doesn't sound to specific or clear. I detect a huge flaw. Is it worlds population or a sub section of the world? When you had the test done, did you only test for African Ancestry or was it a much broader test like that done in the mini series?

I need a source to check this out for my self.
As I finish up this post, I am googling, trying to find that source for my self, have any suggestions on where to start?

I said a subsection of the world's population to indicate that not every single last person in the world has "donated" their DNA to be stored/tested, but that a representative sample of the DNA of the multitude peoples that populate the earth were used. As far as the name of the testing center that was used, I can't tell you with 100% accuracy, but if it is not mentioned in the mini-series, you can attempt to contact the various entities/individuals that worked on the project.

Originally Posted by Sista

What exactly was the comparison?

The comparison was the DNA of the individual participants to that of the samples on file.