Humanity and the races -

[ZeCommissar]

So are humans one "race?". If not, then do different races have inherently different abilities? If so then what about mixed people? If not, then is race only a phenotype and mostly a social construct.

I am actually a little ignorant on human races, but I wonder how in the millennia we have existed we have roughly stayed similar, for other animals whether by selective breeding or environmental pressures evolved drastically in the time we have been here.

Some people say different races are like different dog breeds, but I say this isn't true, I mean look at a chihuahua and a great dane, you don't see many races be 6 feet tall across the board while one race is always 3 feet tall like a midget.

What really makes us "human"?

 

[JU 199]

Yeah I heard black people can jump real high and the jews can do taxes

 

[Bassomatic]

We are all the same but not.
Humans (homo sapiens) survived because we are pretty adaptable, and in evolutionary speak, quickly. So the changes are suited for the areas we were/are from.

Traits vary from person to person like dogs coat colors. The genetic differences are pretty minor, yet still have a large outward effect just by what needed to adapt for us.

 

[DuskEngine]

West Africans are good at sprinting, East Africans are good at distance running, Sino-Tibetans are good at mountain climbing and whitey can hold his liquor. There's no credible evidence of any 'race-wide' difference in intellectual capacity or anything like that.

 

[Joan Nyan]

White and East Asian people developed technology, mathematics, medicine, science, and everything else good in the world. Blacks still lived in mud huts until we took up the White Man's Burden and forced society on the savage. But no there's no differences we're all the same ebony and ivory in perfect harmony.

 

[Hui]

I'm surprised you didn't say niggers. Progress?

 

[Gym Leader Elesa]

I'm surprised you didn't say niggers. Progress?

That's "nigger-American" you fascist pig.

 

[Oglooger]

, you don't see many races be 6 feet tall across the board while one race is always 3 feet tall like a midget.

 

[Sailor_Jupiter]

We're all a beautiful rainbow of miserable failures who manage to fail in their own miserable, thoroughly unique ways.

I do think they're are differences, sort of like different breeds of cats. But we all have that utterly abhorrent common humanity that makes us just awful. 2/10 next time around I wanna be a domestic cat.

 

[feedtheoctopus]

No matter what they look like, no matter where they live, human beings are all garbage. All just fucking garbage. Every single one of them. Nobody's more garbage than anybody else. A trash can doesn't compare itself favorably to a dumpster full of aborted fetuses.

I am edgy and cool now

 

[conidia'95]

I disagree we are NOT 1 race! Their are only 3 races white, asian, and black. Not to go on a tumblr tangent but to answer your question about mixed race folk. I am hispanic. I am of several races (spanish/portugese, native american, and a little bit of palestinian/arab blood) I prefer mezisto hispanic women because they have a beutiful blend of white and native american traits with the most beutiful traits from each race. so in essence one unique attribute mixed folk have is that they are attractive in a unique way in which they have the hottest traits from both races. plus mixed folk i believe have a lower rate of autism due to lots of gene choices from the various races in their genes.

but yes we are like dog breeds because mixed folk have a lower

 

[conidia'95]

i disagree their are different races. 3 to be specific ie black white and asian.

and yes they have different attributes. whites better for cool climate blacks for hot deset climate and asians for cold desert climate.

for mixed folk im mixed myself (hispanic with spanish/portugese and myan heritage)

what i like about latina women is they have the hottest traits from both races. So in essence mixed folk have the best traits of the races. Plus correct me if im wrong but mixed race people have a lower chance of autism due to a wider set of genes.

 

[Joan Nyan]

sorry to bump again but i disagree that humans are one race their are different races. 3 to be specific ie black white and asian.

and yes they have different attributes. whites better for cool wet climate blacks for hot desert climate and asians for cold desert climate.

for mixed folk im mixed myself (hispanic with spanish/portugese + myan heritage just for folks curious)

what i like about mezista latina women is they have the hottest traits from both white and asian races. (since natives came from asia via bering strait) So in essence mixed folk have a nice blend of beautiful physical traits of the races that they are made up of. so a 2 in one package. Plus correct me if im wrong but mixed race people have a lower chance of autism due to a wider set of genes. but i love the wide variety of humans and find it beutiful. Sorry for my sperg out/tumblr post

The proper terms are Negroid, Caucasoid, and Mongoloid.

 

[conidia'95]

The proper terms are Negroid, Caucasoid, and Mongoloid.

tru i was too lazy lol

 

[DuskEngine]

The proper terms are Negroid, Caucasoid, and Mongoloid.

what are slavs

 

[ICametoLurk]

what are slavs

Non-Human.

 

[millais]

what are slavs

Gopnikoid

 

[DangerousGas]

what are slavs

Unintentionally hilarious, as a rule.

 

[melty]

@AnOminous, can you please post that hilarious old speech about how Caucasians, mongoloids and negroids are different races and shouldn't inter-marry

 

[MMMMMM]

Interesting video from a while back, haven't retwatched it but I'm pretty sure it was informative on the science aspect of things.

It's really hard to discuss this topic with people, mostly because the definition of "race" keeps changing and has never been linked to the scientific understanding of race. Some people seem to think it's just another word for skin tone, which is a bit of an oversimplification.