Races don't exist on any biological level. Racists evidently do. Believing in the false construct of biological race doesn't necessarily make you a racist; it doesn't really even seem to be a precondition anymore.

But it was the foundation for sociopolitical racism, so if the concept of race guides your thinking about people's characteristics, especially their non-physical characteristics, you are at least somewhat in danger of racist thinking.

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xienze 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Races don't exist on any biological level.

You sure about that?

https://www.nmdp.org/get-involved/join-the-registry/ethnicit...

> Finding the right donor for a patient isn’t simple. Donors and patients are matched largely based on genes called human leukocyte antigens (HLAs). These genes code for proteins—or markers—found on most of the cells in your body. When it comes to matching HLA types, a patient’s ethnic background is important in predicting the likelihood of finding a match. That’s because HLA is inherited. Some ethnic groups have more complex tissue types than others, which makes finding a close match more difficult.

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simianwords 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Races don't exist on any biological level

Races exist at the biological level. I'm surprised this is even contested. IDK what makes you think white person is different from a black person? Is it vibes? Even a kid knows that a white person has different DNA.

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dofm 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Black and white are not races. They are racial discrimination categories. People with black skin are not one identifiable group except "black skin". Which is a heritable trait that affects pigmentation used to create a social discrimination category. It does not make a single meaningfully identifiable group in any other sense. (It's not even consistently the same trait, on a biological level)

You are talking about sociopolitical race discrimination and suggesting it has absolute, immutable biological mappings. It does not. This actually is quite close to real racism.

	▲	simianwords 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Black and white are not races? Here’s an excerpt from BLM > Additionally, Black Americans are among the top two racial groups who are most at risk of fatal encounters with police https://blacklivesmatter.com/blm-day/ Stop trying to make normal people use academic definitions.