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In reply to the discussion: What the world wants to know - who authorized the United States [View all]safeinOhio
(32,675 posts)23. American Association of Anthropology. They agree with you.
http://www.americananthro.org/ConnectWithAAA/Content.aspx?ItemNumber=2583
AAA Position Paper on "Race":
In the United States both scholars and the general public have been conditioned to viewing human races as natural and separate divisions within the human species based on visible physical differences. With the vast expansion of scientific knowledge in this century, however, it has become clear that human populations are not unambiguous, clearly demarcated, biologically distinct groups. Evidence from the analysis of genetics (e.g., DNA) indicates that most physical variation, about 94%, lies within so-called racial groups. Conventional geographic "racial" groupings differ from one another only in about 6% of their genes. This means that there is greater variation within "racial" groups than between them. In neighboring populations there is much overlapping of genes and their phenotypic (physical) expressions. Throughout history whenever different groups have come into contact, they have interbred. The continued sharing of genetic materials has maintained all of humankind as a single species.
AAA Position Paper on "Race":
In the United States both scholars and the general public have been conditioned to viewing human races as natural and separate divisions within the human species based on visible physical differences. With the vast expansion of scientific knowledge in this century, however, it has become clear that human populations are not unambiguous, clearly demarcated, biologically distinct groups. Evidence from the analysis of genetics (e.g., DNA) indicates that most physical variation, about 94%, lies within so-called racial groups. Conventional geographic "racial" groupings differ from one another only in about 6% of their genes. This means that there is greater variation within "racial" groups than between them. In neighboring populations there is much overlapping of genes and their phenotypic (physical) expressions. Throughout history whenever different groups have come into contact, they have interbred. The continued sharing of genetic materials has maintained all of humankind as a single species.
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We didn't-- Israel did. We're just one of the very few agreeing with them.
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2017
#1
I just finished reading a series of books about the English and Spanish
True Blue American
Dec 2017
#37
There is no such thing as race, but the mental construct does enable the supremacists.
L. Coyote
Dec 2017
#6
Congress authorized the President to recognized that Jerusalem is capitol of Israel
Jose Garcia
Dec 2017
#19
Actually, any country could choose to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Nitram
Dec 2017
#29
My understanding of this is that Jerusalem is already the capital of Israel but
CTyankee
Dec 2017
#30