/sci/ - Science & Math

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>Race is a social construct
>[implying that there is no genetic basis for the vague label we call race]
Why does it have to be one or the other?
There's a biological basis for...I dont know what to call them, maybe "overlapping clusters of genes that are highly correlated with a geographical region or ethnicity"
There can be some utility to broadly classifying people based on phenotypes that determine how they look, or genotypes that have to be sampled and aren't externally obvious. This can be combined with the social aspect of race to help us make quicker decisions

It's not some evil thing, I can imagine it could be a beneficial strategy to conserve energy even if it sometimes lead to inaccurate conclusions. If that assumption is true then it makes sense that pur ancestors who jumped to conclusions about external groups based on what they looked like, were more likely to survive and were more energy-efficient. It's part of the biological machinery. Every individual is different but applying broad labels has utility