Name: Anonymous 2009-01-08 1:08
http://wiki.majorityrights.com/race
This FAQ is current as of [see bottom right for date]. It will be revised and updated depending on newer studies and feedback.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Biological Races among Humans
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What is a biological race or subspecies and how is it determined?
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How many races or subspecies exist among humans?
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At least 5 races?
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What is the race of racially-mixed people?
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How well do self-identified ethnicity or "socially constructed racial categories" correspond to genetic reality?
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How appropriate are terms such as Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, Australoid, etc.?
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What are some common race denial arguments?
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The racial classification schemes proposed by different authors have been inconsistent with each other
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Inconsistent classification trees/patterns depending on the trait chosen
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Races blend into each other and hence are not non-overlapping discrete entities
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So-called human races can successfully reproduce with each other
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The existence of clinal variation
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Human populations have been separated from each other over too short a time period to develop racial differences
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The majority of variation among humans is found within populations and only a minority between populations
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Two randomly selected individuals from different populations can be closer to each other than either individual is to a random co-ethnic
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When one considers the apportionment of diversity, the proportion of human variation that lies between populations is too low to justify the division of humans into biological races
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Why do people deny the existence of biological races among humans?
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Why are you obsessed with race? What is your agenda?
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Don't you think that belief in race will lead to racist horrors?
This FAQ is current as of [see bottom right for date]. It will be revised and updated depending on newer studies and feedback.
*
Frequently Asked Questions about Biological Races among Humans
o
What is a biological race or subspecies and how is it determined?
o
How many races or subspecies exist among humans?
o
At least 5 races?
o
What is the race of racially-mixed people?
o
How well do self-identified ethnicity or "socially constructed racial categories" correspond to genetic reality?
o
How appropriate are terms such as Caucasoid, Mongoloid, Negroid, Australoid, etc.?
o
What are some common race denial arguments?
+
The racial classification schemes proposed by different authors have been inconsistent with each other
+
Inconsistent classification trees/patterns depending on the trait chosen
+
Races blend into each other and hence are not non-overlapping discrete entities
+
So-called human races can successfully reproduce with each other
+
The existence of clinal variation
+
Human populations have been separated from each other over too short a time period to develop racial differences
+
The majority of variation among humans is found within populations and only a minority between populations
+
Two randomly selected individuals from different populations can be closer to each other than either individual is to a random co-ethnic
+
When one considers the apportionment of diversity, the proportion of human variation that lies between populations is too low to justify the division of humans into biological races
o
Why do people deny the existence of biological races among humans?
o
Why are you obsessed with race? What is your agenda?
o
Don't you think that belief in race will lead to racist horrors?