Being White

Discussion in 'Race Relations' started by The Rhetoric of Life, Mar 15, 2018.

  1. Ritter

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    Jew is an ethnicity that belongs to the White Race, I would say.
     
  2. wyly

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    if there was such a things as a "white race" which there isn't...nor are jews all of the same ethnicity
     
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    I'm white and don't have a problem with it. If others do, then that's their problem. I only worry about things I can control or do something about. Being white isn't one of them.
     
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    There is indeed such thing as a "white race" - Just open your window and stick your head out. I am not putting any value into this or creating any hierarchies. I am simply stating the fact that there are different races.

    Jew is an ethno-religious group with many sub-groups such as Ashkenzis, Sephardics and Mizrahs.
     
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    Jew is infact a very homogenous group that has very strict rules of inclusion. It is a matrilinear culture meaning that only the one with a Jewish mother is a Jew. Obviously, there is room for converts and a non-Jew can thus convert to Judaism, but I am not to well-read on this to explain if this makes one a "real Jew" or not and would therefore like @Moi621 to explain more. :)
     
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    well you go and tell that to the scientific world of genetics...there are no races, we are all related, we are all family, all of us from africa...and that's hard cold science of it, it's incontrovertible...
     
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    I am sorry to tell you this, but science is not on your side here. DNA is an actual thing and "Ancestry testing" has become widely popular lately. If you think stating there are different races is a problem then that is your problem. I really don't care. :)
     
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    "White" is in the eye of the marginalized group. Trayvon was one party, Zimmerman the other, so GZ was "white". GZ vs Trump, GZ is magically a POC. The lady who shot up YouTube was photoshopped into looking paler, and had her eyes turned from brown to green. Snoop bleached Kanye's skin just last week.
     
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    Except those from sub-Sahara Africa are missing a few chromosomes that the rest of the world has. I know its not much, but the difference between us and Apes is like 2% in DNA. So if 2% changes our species, why does .2% not differentiate our race?
     
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    your genetic facts are wrong... all humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, we are virtually clones...apes have 24 chromosomes so the difference is huge, it's not even close...
     
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    then I gotta say you're totally uneducated in the science of genetics...the DNA evidence is absolute, there are no races...
     
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    Ok, lets go with a scientific article then.

    "While the genetic difference between individual humans today is minuscule – about 0.1%, on average – study of the same aspects of the chimpanzee genome indicates a difference of about 1.2%."
    http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics
     
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    we have 23 chromosomes...chimps have 24...what do you fail to understand here, it's not close

    we have approximately 20,000 genes, and approximately 3 billion bits of data ! do the math, the differences are enormous, don't be mislead by 1.2%, that 1.2% is huge
     
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    Man has evolved over 1000's and 1000's of years into distinct racial populations and thus saying race doesn't exist is denying evolution.
     
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    you're talking about evolution and yet you ignore the biology involved, how does that make sense?...there is no taxonomic classification for race in biology, you can consult any biology text to confirm that....and what is at the heart of all biology, genetics... speak with a geneticist and ask them if there is such a thing as race, I'll save you the time I already know the answer, no.

    what you define as race is nothing more than family resemblance, if you only have sex with your cousins it's not surprising that you all resemble each other but that doesn't make your family a race...

    you can't make scientific claims and then ignore the very science you refer to(biology/evolution/genetics) which absolutely verifies the exact opposite of what you claiming.
     
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    Agreed. Personally, I'd go with the picture as the truer statement and ignore the whining about how it sucks to be a po', white child.

    The subconscious is largely nonverbal which is why many people can have dreams without any talking. Imagery is powerful and what people select for pictures, be it on threads or avatars, are all indicators of their true self.
     
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    Especially if they are Brits raised in a socialist system.
     
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    Most Hispanics too. Egyptians, Saudis, etc.
     
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    That is something I taught my students. I called it no tacit approval. I don’t expect anyone to stand up to the bully, but if they laughed they are giving the public approval so I suggest they walk away or don’t laugh it stops the bully
     
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    Why would you have a problem being white? Let me guess you’re probably a male also.
     
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    Did I say I had a problem with being white? I don't think so.
     
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    , you stressed that you have no problem being white, that other people might have a problem with it. Yeah, being white is so terrible lol ....that’s like saying I have no problem being smart, or being a male, or being great looking.
    The problem are when you’re the opposite
     
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    Don't know how you got that, just being cantankerous I guess.
     
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    Right about now the worst thing is being "olive" in Syria.

    They are even worse off than the black Africans in Africa.
     
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    glad you clarified that black africans are from africa otherwise we would have had no clue as to whom you referred.
     

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