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Re:DNA Tests May Increase Census Count Of Multiracial Popula... by speedgoose on Saturday August 28, 2021 @11:43AM (#28338928)
> While partially based on physical similarities within groups, race does not have an inherent physical or biological meaning.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(human_categorization)

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Re:DNA Tests May Increase Census Count Of Multiracial Popula... by klipt on Saturday August 28, 2021 @02:17PM (#28340213)
If race has no biological meaning, why isn't Rachel Dolezal (who was raised with multiple adopted black brothers) allowed to identify as black?

Isn't it seen as lying purely because of her ... genetics?

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Re:DNA Tests May Increase Census Count Of Multiracial Popula... by ReptileMan on Saturday August 28, 2021 @12:01PM (#28339077)
Since Wikipedia has been run by ultra liberals lately take everything you read there with a grain of salt when it is related to the culture war.
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Re:DNA Tests May Increase Census Count Of Multiracial Popula... by chillwaves on Saturday August 28, 2021 @11:58AM (#28339057)
That doesn't really matter for the purposes of the comment you are replying to.
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