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Originally Posted by abaya
Guess what--NO ONE fits neatly into racial categories, because race doesn't exist!! woo-hoo!
I don't even know why I bother.
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Are you trying to convince yourself? This is obviously a ridiculous stance, framed in your head and meeting some undisclosed set of 'existence' criteria you haven't shared with us. As far as I can see, you've done nothing to back up or clarify your claims except for re-emphasize your assertations. Race obviously exists, or we wouldn't be having this discussion, and to claim otherwise without caveat makes me want to discount everything else you have to say on the subject.
If race doesn't exist, why did my Native American wife get better scholarship than my European Mutt self? Why do I have to check 'Caucasian' when I apply for a job, or go to school?
Every human is born with a wide range of genetic traits. Many geographically isolated populations have codeveloped for so long that they have developed a large set of similar traits. Race is an easy short hand to use as a description of people that society and the world at large uses to identify people from those large groups. How are you going to claim that doesn't exist?
Cars are all made out of metal, plastic, and rubber. Fundamentally, there is little difference between a Taurus and a Civic. Therefore, is there no such thing as imports and domestics? Is there no such thing as Honda and Ford? I completely fail to see where you're coming from claiming that race doesn't exist.