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| Asian Diversity, c. 1904 (Public Domain) |
When viewed through a macroscopic International Space Shuttle lens, borders between nations are unrecognizable.
When viewed through a microscopic genetic-mapping lens, borders between races are equally unrecognizable.
In a recent column, Leonard Pitts explained that researchers “could find no difference” in the “genetic codes of five people – African-American, Caucasian, Asian and Hispanic.” They
therefore concluded, back in 2000, that “the concept of race has no scientific basis.”
“Race” is instead “a set of cultural likenesses, shared experiences and implicit assumptions,” a far cry from the “immutable truth” that it is often made out to be.
Tragically, these “implicit assumptions” can lead to persecution, torture and mass murder if left unchecked. Although race might indeed be “a chimera,” it is a chimera that far too many believe is real.
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Copyright June 20, 2015 by Linda Van Slyke All Rights Reserved
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