Black People : RACE IS NOT REAL, BUT A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT...

panafrica said:
Brother Isaiah:

So you are telling me that modern DNA test which can tell a person the amount of African, Asian, or European blood they have is really making a determination about culture? Okay....I think the analogy I provided in the other thread (which you alluded to) is necessary here. The Big Cats: Lions, Cheetahs, Leopards, Tigers, and Panthers all belong to the same species. As such they are able to reproduce with one another. However, the are not the same type/race of animal. All have different genetic characteristics and behaviors. The size difference and behavior between a Lion & a Tiger is not an example of ethnicity. Cheetahs aren't faster than Leopards because of cultural differences! The difference between the appearance, behaviors, and traits of these animals are genetic. These genetic differences makes them different races, even though they remain the same species. The same applies to humans.


Alright, Brother Pan, again I am no biologist or DNA specialist, but I know that DNA tests do NOT tell us whether we have Indian, Eskimo, or African blood, it tells us what TYPE of blood we have... As in "O+" or "O-" blood types, and so on...

You will never see in a hospital, "african blood", European Blood", or African Kidneys, and European Livers, and Asian hearts... In fact, many people are walking around today with the organs of people who are not of the same ethnic background... Now, if we were of another species, White and Black, then a transfusion of blood from either of us would likely be rejected by our immune systems... If that were not the case, then Human beings would not really have to donate blood, becaue we could actually use the blood or a cat, or cow, or horse... Just slaughter some cows, have dinner, and donate the blood to your local hospital - nothing goes to waste(smile!) Just no medium rare steaks!(YUK!)

Seriously, though...I am not saying that NO differences between us exists... I am saying that RACE is some crazy theory these folks came up with to justify a lot of nonsense, and WHITE SUPREMACY is the correlative of that...




Peace!
Isaiah
 
Isaiah said:
Alright, Brother Pan, again I am no biologist or DNA specialist, but I know that DNA tests do NOT tell us whether we have Indian, Eskimo, or African blood, it tells us what TYPE of blood we have... As in "O+" or "O-" blood types, and so on...

You will never see in a hospital, "african blood", European Blood", or African Kidneys, and European Livers, and Asian hearts... In fact, many people are walking around today with the organs of people who are not of the same ethnic background... Now, if we were of another species, White and Black, then a transfusion of blood from either of us would likely be rejected by our immune systems...

Here is an article that you might find interesting (at least a portion of it):

DNA is a cellular acid that carries a person's unique genetic code. The company that invented the ancestry test, DNAPrint Genomics of Sarasota, Fla., says that by examining tiny genetic markers on the DNA molecule that tend to be similar in people of certain population groups, it can tell whether a suspect's heritage is European, Sub-Saharan African, Southeast Asian, Native American or a mix of those.

The test works, the company says, because population groups developed different DNA characteristics after splitting off from common African ancestors more than 60,000 years ago

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-16-dna_x.htm
 
panafrica said:
Race & Species are two different things. .

No brother, that is why I went back to the origins of this theory of race, because that is precisely what THEY meant, and were attempting to prove - that mankind was made up of different species of men...

All of the literature on RACE THEORY and Eugenics would disprove what you are purporting here... Not only that, but if one looks at these books, they've got it all graphically illustrated; wild and ridiculous drawings of head sizes, the shapes of the jaw, and a lot of other scurrilous madness...

Now, Pan, here is where I think RACE becomes maddeningly ridiculous... Somewhere I have ssen brothers and sisters "Aping" the White Man - particularly in this hemisphere, though not limited to it... Everyday, I see and hear African people, yes, "acting" just like White People... By the same token, I see White people and Latinos, and Asians trying to be just like us, and some have it down pat! How do you explain this??? Can a dog do what we do??? Can even a monkey do what we do???

Now, as far as Whites seeking to destroy us, that is of another matter that has to do with THEIR WHITE SUPREMACIST ideology... It does not PROVE that there are different races on the planet... Hell, lions kill Cheetah cubs, does that prove they're of a different species of cat??? NOPE! Lions kill the cubs of other LIONS, and bears kill the cubs of other bears, don't mean nothing but the elimination of competition for food to them...

Again, there are clear socio-cultural differences between African people and White people and Asian people, but they are all HUMAN KIND... That's my point here... I am not talking about what we have come to view as RACE, anymore than what we have come to define as the meaning of the N-Word... Then again, African people would tell you that such a thing exists, and be ready to take you off the earth about it(smile!)




Peace!
Isaiah
 
panafrica said:
Here is an article that you might find interesting (at least a portion of it):



http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-08-16-dna_x.htm


Again, brother Pan, DNA and BLOOD are two different things... DNA is in every inch and fiber of our beings... BLOOD is not... DNA can be found in a strand of our hair, blood cannot be found in our hair or toenails unless it was placed there... In other words, our Blood types would be determined by our blood, not our DNA... Rectify if I am wrong, Destee Medical professionals...

As for the tests, I don't doubt that this can be done, but when we are discussing the origin of man, DNA has already proven that our ancestors DNA meets any scientific criteria they have for all the peoples of this earth...



Peace!
Isaiah
 
Isaiah said:
Again, there are clear socio-cultural differences between African people and White people and Asian people, but they are all HUMAN KIND...

There are clear socio-cultural differences between the British and the French, who both share the same "pheno-types". The differences between African people, Europeans, and Asians are much more complex than social-cultural behavior.
 

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