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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by tomlockwood on Tuesday May 16, 2023 @04:55PM (#35967650)
> "Made-up race categories" are visible to the naked eye, to principal-component analysis of alleles, to measures of genetic distance, to surveys of visible and invisible traits, to even the smallest child who's only begun to speak.

Initial definitions of white, didn't include Scottish and Irish people.

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Re:The 1% of the population accountable for 63 % of all viol... by tomlockwood on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @07:03PM (#35982333)
> It's just most racists don't like to have that discussion,
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