Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAgreed Islam is an idea not a race.midwest.socialimagemessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1401arrow-down1109
arrow-up1292arrow-down1imageAgreed Islam is an idea not a race.midwest.socialLanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to Atheist Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squareToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoWhat is race if not an idea then?
minus-squareelectrogamerman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 year agoConsider dogs, for example, there are different breeds. Thats not an idea. An idea would be if dogs believed in something. Apply that to humans. Suceed!
minus-squareToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoHuman races are not like dog breeds: refuting a racist analogy
minus-squarePandemanium@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBut there are not different breeds of humans. The differences in DNA between races is not enough to be statistically significant, meaning there is no scientific basis for race.
minus-squareelectrogamerman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoNever said there were different breeds of humans.
What is race if not an idea then?
Consider dogs, for example, there are different breeds. Thats not an idea.
An idea would be if dogs believed in something.
Apply that to humans. Suceed!
Human races are not like dog breeds: refuting a racist analogy
But there are not different breeds of humans. The differences in DNA between races is not enough to be statistically significant, meaning there is no scientific basis for race.
Never said there were different breeds of humans.