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amyheartssiroc ([info]amyheartssiroc) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-01-02 00:03:00
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[info]fallingangels doesn't believe that Judaism can be both a religion and an ethnicity. God help anyone who disagrees with him. No quotes because finding a wanky thread in there is like shooting fish in the proverbial barrel. But apparently he's trolling stupid_free because he was recently featured there.

(I put one comment in there, which has gotten no replies, so I don't think this belongs on [info]i_wank. Let me know if I should move it.)

EDIT: The wank continues in another post. Happy New Year!

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]chaos_theory
2007-01-03 02:16 am UTC (link)
:( I am not sure I completely understand what you're saying. From what I understand the genetic similarities in what is being referred to as racial groups is a result of some slight regional variation and slight amouts of reproductive isolation (i.e. it's harder for someone in Greenland to reproduce with someone in Nigeria) but the result is not genetically distinct populations but a gradation of genetic traits across bordering populations. Can you give me a "for example"?

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]frequentmouse
2007-01-03 05:02 am UTC (link)
but the result is not genetically distinct populations but a gradation of genetic traits across bordering populations.

True, but the distribution is lumpy- genetic traits in the cluster are shared unequally with bordering populations.

The important thing is that for large "racial" populations, like African Americans, there may be statistically significant differences in reactions to drugs, for instance, between the set AA and the set notAA, so that membership in the socially defined group indicates need for evaluation in medical practice.

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]eilan
2007-01-03 10:14 am UTC (link)
African American as a 'race' is a fucking joke anyway, as they come from so much different regions in Africa, that's like putting 10 people from each European country onto an island and after one generation saying that all the offspring is basically the same. :)

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]queencallipygos
2007-01-03 05:42 pm UTC (link)
I love it when the discussions in here get all educational.

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]singe
2007-01-03 06:03 pm UTC (link)
i.e. it's harder for someone in Greenland to reproduce with someone in Nigeria)

I'd say it's hard. One's in Greenland and one's in Nigeria!

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Re: Anthropology break
[info]chaos_theory
2007-01-04 01:00 am UTC (link)
It could happen, airmail is a fabulous thing and people will buy anything if they show enough commercials on E! for it.

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