"We are all the human race." etc.\nAs if that will make it true because it is in their mind that it isn't politically correct to observe racial differences.\n\nfactors involving significant racial differences:\nbiological\ncultural\ndietary\nhealth\npreferred temperature\nculture\nmusic\nreligion {YUCK}\nhistory\nskin color and associated properties\nhair\n\n\nIs it classic 'hide your head in the sand'?\nWishful thinking?
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It's all a word game. One person's definition of 'race' is different from another person's. The philospher Ludwig Wittgenstein taught that all philosphical disagreements are caused by ambiguity in language. Some people think of 'race' as being the equivilent to 'species'. In that case they would argue that all humans are the same 'race'. Others define race as the outward observable physical characteristics, especially related to the color of the skin. People can say whatever they want. It doesn't make it true.
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You have just pointed out and responded to one of the most popular and solicited questions of the century!  It goes to show you what kind of nation of people we are, and how really confused we can be. There really is no such thing as "acting black or white" - the reference is only made toward races when it seems each has somehow consumed and metamorphised the ways and actions of the other.  It's like saying that a person's character or personality has to be all or nothing....not true.  The accusation is what people try to limit each other to. No other race or culture of people display such silliness as we do.  You just do you,.
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Homogeneous just means the same, or uniform throughout.  It doesn't necessarily apply to race.  You can certainly have a genetically homogeneous population, but that is a much higher level of sameness than a racially homogeneous population.  Within any racial group there is a huge amount of genetic variability.  \n\nOK, Kurdiatcha's response to my analysis is entirely correct. I will point out, though, that I never said it was anything other than speculation.  At any rate, I hadn't slept in about 3 days, and in that context my analysis made perfect sense to me.  Sorry!\n\nNew theory: I think the perseption that there is more physical diversity in Europe than Africa or Asia could be partially explained by the fact that Europe is geographically smaller.  So it's just that all the different groups are more crammed together and it ends up looking more diverse.\n_________\n\n>>>It was one of the better responses I’ve seen on Yahoo\n>>>answers. It just happened to be incorrect.\nSo I never use the expression "lol," but it seems rather appropriate here.  That was well said.  Thanks : )\n\nYou're probably right on my other theory too.  I should just stop speculating on this entirely.  I do want to point out, though, that the guy who posted the question and said Europeans look more different than Asians is Asian (at least he said so in another question), so I don't think you're entirely correct that people are always more tuned in to difference within their own racial group.  I wouldn't have bothered to speculate on the issue at all (after you shoot down my first theory, that is) except I thought it could possibly hold some tinsy bit of truth because of that.
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raceism has nothing to do with what race you are.  It is in the mind.
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First we have to get rid of the idea that "race" counts for anything, other than some biological differences due to evolution for survival in different parts of the world.\n\nRace has nothing to do with intelligence or ability. It is a stupid notion outside of biology.\n\nUnfortunately, as long as people insist on making it seem either good or bad (both ways, mind you) it will continue to be a problem.
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Racism is drawing negative conclusions about another person's traits, ethics, worth, ability, etc based solely upon that person's racial origin. And then acting upon those assumptions. \n  I think we all have "stereotypes" or "preconceptions" to 1 degree or another. Whether we like to admit it or not. A racist is usually aware of, and willing to act on these preconceptions.
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I don't really like racism.\nProbably coz i really don't understand authorities color classification system.\nWhite?\nI'm more like mixed pink, yellow, brown, with bits of black and green, not seen any white in me. Possibly the closest would be eyeballs, however I'm still dubious, and maybe in the future I'll have some white hair.\n\nAnyway back to your question, perhaps we're supposed to be nice to our guests, so being patriotic is fine so long as your not insulting.  \n\nAnyway, it seems to me your not being patriotic if your own countries appointed authority tells you, you are breaking the rules of your own country.  \nYeah ya right; I'm nuts, and so are they.\n\nWhat annoys me is that sometimes a particular symbol can be hi-jacked by some sub-section and hence lose it's original and/or true meaning.\n\nAnd finally No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. . . . .\nBeing patriotic does not make anyone racist, unless you live in a (openly) racist country. (so the possibilities of a few yeses there then!)\n\nCommon reason I've heard is;\n"Political Correctness gone mad"  \nI guess this means;\n###Too much "polictial correctness" is more "polictially uncorrect" than non at all.###\nNow I wonder if we can all agree on an optimum level.
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You made a very good point. We are all varying degrees of the same color, but for the sake of colonization, they had to make distinctions to clarify that "we are better than them, because..." Go do some research on how the whole classification of the races came about. You'll be enlightened by what you find.\n\nRace is just a handy way of justifying/maintaining the power of one group over another, of knowing who to hate. Take what's going on in this country right now, for instance. Attacks on muslims have been primarily, if not totally, on the proverbial "Arab-looking" guys, dark skin, etc. But there are muslims in europe who are regular ol' white guys. Did anyone randomly attack regular looking ol' white guys in the aftermath of 9-11? Nope.\n\nI believe that human beings have an innate need to feel superior to someone else. Some of us are able to surpress that feeling and even understand that we have it. Others have it coursing through their veins. If a radioactive meteor were to smash into the earth tomorrow and turn everyone blue, people with big ears would start trying to dominate people with small ears.
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"Black people are the product of evolution,while white people are the created race of God."{i put quotes around this to isolate it from my writing,because,although I won't claim to not be a racist,I think that's the nuttiest thing I ever heard.I'm not proud of being a racist,but at least I'm honest enough to know I was raised that way,and to know it's wrong,and to struggle against it.}
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Good point. Some people would contradict themselves with this.  I personally think that being with someone outside of your race is wonderful. However, if someone chooses to be with someone of their own race, it is their personal choice, and does not make them racist right off. If they want someone the same race for morals and that they share similar beliefs, I would not consider them racist. But if they want someone the same race solely because of their color, etc, that is a bit racist.
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Well, I have been discrminiated against and racially profiled. I am a militray wife and been just about every where and because of my fair skin I have been assumed to be Everything but, black. Because they say I "sound" white. Many people are under the assumption that all black people are "brown skinned". NOT TRUE. we come in different shades. I am mixed with Seminole Indian, African American, German and Irish. Despite of my many mixed nationalities I am abdominatly "Black". But, it's ashame to see that people still use the "N" word even within the black community. But, as soon as a person of a different race says it, it's offending. So, why call eachother that. It is a sticky discussion and can go on for years to come.
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The reason why people have problems with this concept is simply because they fail to understand the difference between a BIOLOGICAL reality and a CULTURAL reality.\n\nLook, if we wanted to we could group people by shirt colour couldn’t we? People with blue, green or purple shirts in one group, red yellow and orange in another and blacks, whites and greys making a third group? Do you agree that we could do that? We could then choose as a SOCIETY to teat those groups differently. We can tax them at different rates, throw them in prison whatever we like. \n\nWhat we have here is an example of a CULTURAL reality. The division of people by shirt colour is indisputably real. It indisputably has real effects on the real lives of real people. By any standard you like it is real. But do you also accept that such a division by shirt colour is not based in BIOLOGY? Do you accept that there is no common genetic thread amongst all the people in the green shirt group? Do you accept that it is perfectly possible for two people who are very closely related BIOLOGICALLY to be placed in totally separate shirt groups?\n\nWell, race is no different in any way at all. We have traditionally grouped people according to certain racial features. Those features were chosen at random, they are just as random as shirt colour. And they tell us no more about the person than shirt colour does. \n\nThat is what we mean when we state that race has no BIOLOGICAL reality. Black people are not closely related to one another. A random black person has a greater chance of being related to a White person or an Asian person than to another Black person. A White person has the same chance of being related to a black person as to another White. The only common feature held by Black people is the feature that we used to define them in the first place: black skin. That’s it.\n\nSo to answer your question, yes race is real. Nobody has ever denied that race is very, very real. How could you anyone possibly deny that race is real?  But race is CULTURALLY and HISTORICALLY real. It is not BIOLOGICALLY real.\n\n>>>>> Is the difference in skin colour and hair texture down to mutations\n\nIf you go back far enough, yes. But what  you need to realise that it isn’t just one mutation. There is no common skin colour gene found amongst all black people or all white people.  Heck, there isn’t even a common skin colour found amongst all the people we define as Black or White. That is precisely why race has no biological meaning.
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Yes, it really is. Most people like their own race the best and it comes out sometimes in conversations. Men look at sex much differently than women and always will. We say things that are crude even if we try not to. The answer is to be consciously respectful and take enjoyment out of diversity of all kinds.\n\nI do get tired of those that whine about being the only ones. Usually, they are the most prejudiced and the least intelligent. I am white and I am talking about individuals of all races.\n\nThis is a good subject and I am glad that you brought it up.
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A politically correct person sees the differences in people, and rushes in to 'save' the 'poor, misunderstood, and needy' different entity.\n\nA realist sees the differences and just doesn't see them as important.\n\nA racist sees the differences between people and magnifies his own self-worth based on those differences, because he/she has a deep-seated need to improve his/her own bad self-image.\n\nA bit over-simplistic maybe, but essentially accurate.
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I think there are very few who are racist example KKK and other hate groups.  But I think majority of the people stereotype.  Just because a person made a comment that Mexicans eat beans does not make them a racist (although perceived by many as being one).  That is stereotyping though.  I believe that we all stereotype based on our experiences and observation towards other race.  And lets face it if there's smoke there's fire...therefore there are some truth to every stereotype.  People are just too defensive and in denial of the truth.  Coz truth hurts.
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(((((\n\n\n\n\nWhite nationalist beliefs\nWhite nationalism is the belief that white people have a common identity and common interests, a belief proponents argue is considered uncontroversial when advocated by any other ethnic or racial group. Pursuit of these interests includes the establishment of organisations to promote issues important to white people. Specific policies include the preservation and teaching of European history and culture, and opposition to economic or social discrimination against whites.\n\n\nWhite separatism\nSome white nationalists also support white separatism, the belief that white people should live separately from non-whites, either in separate all-white nations, in separate white areas of existing nations (see also racial segregation), or in separate "anarchist" communities (see national anarchism). While white separatism does not promote general expulsion or genocide, critics of the movement have noted that the land considered by these white separatists to belong to the white race frequently includes places such as the Americas which have major non-white population groups.\n\n\nThe concept of race\nThe term "race" itself is somewhat contentious. Anthropologists tend to be of the opinion that the concept has little or no scientific value, while biologists generally view it as meaningful and useful. Many geneticists, such as Cavalli-Sforza, have insisted that the term be abandoned in a scientific context, and prefer the term "population group," because it better describes the idea of a breeding population which has been more or less endogamous for enough generations to develop its own characteristic phenotype.\n\nWhatever the case, the word "race" still holds social value for people who base their personal identity (in part or in whole) on genetic characteristics that affect outward appearance. In all areas of the world, personal identity reflects the degree of awareness and connectivity to the outside world and foreign cultures, thus "race issues" tend to be seen as related to tribalism, xenophobia, ethnocentrism, and other "culture wars" paradigms.\n\nSimilar concerns that may be a catalyst for a distinction of personal identity are religion, gender, and language, and differences regarding these issues are often manifested in conflict of one form or another.\n\n\nDefinition of "white"\nWhite nationalists often have a definition of whiteness that is more limited than official usage. Whiteness, in this case, requires an ancestry that is solely or overwhelmingly European, and also usually a psychological identification with European culture and heritage, as well as a commitment to advance its interests. Therefore, Middle Eastern, South Asian and North African peoples are typically not considered white by White nationalists, even though they are Caucasian.\n\nBut as with many other racially minded groups, definitions of "white" used by White nationalists can vary greatly. White nationalists who follow the ideology of Nordicism and Germanism only see Northern Europeans who are Nordic or Germanic as white, shunning Southern and Eastern Europeans, and sometimes dark Celtic peoples as well. Pan-Europeanism is an opposing view that embraces all ethnic members of European Christendom. Pan-Aryanism adds to this in-group certain non-European (and often non-Christian) Caucasoids from West Asia and North Africa who are considered remnants of Indo-European or pre-Semitic races based on their language or physical attributes. There are also those who push the idea of a White Proto-European race, and use the Y-chromosome haplogroup R1b as a guide to their ancestry. This genetic marker is associated with the earliest settlers of Europe who took refuge in Iberia during the Ice Age. Today, it's predominant in Western European populations, particularly Celts and Iberians, especially Basques.\n\nMany Christian White nationalists also
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FOR THOSE WHO DESCIMINATE BASED ON 'RACE'!\n\nRace shouln't be an issue.\n         Why does anybody think one race is greater than other.???   \n   GOD creates us all in same way. Its just the geography that has played its game.\n  If u still dont agree...why dont u just take a knife and poke it into ur stomach..\n           See wats comin out.. If it is blood and If it is RED ... then man u are not superior!!..\n   You are just flesh and blood. Watever the race ...u are same inside.  THen Why the hell are some guys hangin on 'Black' or 'White' or 'Asian' or BS! C'mon, its high time u become a human being!!!