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Race has already ceased to be a 'scientific' reality. We are trying to pass that realization on to the non-scientists. They aren't and were never genetically distinct. Are you claiming that three seperate groups formed independently of one another in ancient history and have only recently merged?

I'm not disputing that the concept of race has reality behind it. I explained that such concepts are social constructions.

That is, place a Mexican person in between the Irish person and the Sudanese person and the Mexican's classification will depend on who is looking at them and what that person chooses to seperate races by moreso than actual differences between the observed.

Why would the person of Mexican descent be classified along with the Irish person given his or her dark skin and dark, curly hair?

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